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SS6 Chapter 3 Early Cultures

vocab and concepts

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technologyuse of skills and tools to meet practical needs
Old Stone Ageperiod of time when stone tools were used
hunter-gathererpeople who met their needs by hunting and gathering food
Border CaveZululand, South Africa
People of Border Cave may have usedbows and arrows to kill animals for food
The bead found with the babyshows that these early people valued beauty
At the end of the Old Stone Age,art and religious beliefs are a part of human life
agricultureraising of crops and animals for human use
New Stone Ageperiod of time when people still used stones, but they started to use agriculture
domesticateto train something to be useful to people
surplusan extra supply of something
specializationpeople training to do particular kinds of work
civilizationa culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, learning, and gov't.
tradeexchange of goods
People of Catal Huyukamong the first people to make pottery and obsidian and metal products
___________ made it possible for a few people to raise food for an entire groupagriculture
circaa latin word that means "about"
earliest signs of human life found by scientistsremains found in Africa that may be 2 million years old
Where is Catal Huyuk located?settled 8,500 years ago in southern Turkey
Old Stone Age ended12,000 years ago

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