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| culture | The way of life of a group of people at a particular time, including their customs, beliefs, and arts. |
| custom | A social habit or way of living in a group. |
| society | A group of people bound together by the same culture. |
| values | The beliefs or ideals that guide the way people live. |
| government | The established form of ruling a place. |
| religion | The way people worship the God or gods they believe in. |
| legacy | The traditions and knowledge of a culture that have been handed down to people today. |
| Ice Age | A long period in the past that lasted for millions of years; glaciers covered much of the earth during the Ice Age. |
| glacier | A great sheet of slowly moving ice. |
| Old Stone Age | The earliest period of human culture, beginning about two million years ago and lasting until about 8000 B.C. |
| nomad | A person without a permanent home who travels in search of food. |
| New Stone Age | A period in social development that started about 8000 B.C., in which people first domesticated animals, farmed the land, and lived in settled communities. |
| civilization | A society that has achieved a high level of culture, including the development of systems of government, religion, and learning. |
| domesticate | To tame animals in order to make them useful to people. |
| cultivate | To prepare and use land for raising crops; cultivation marked the beginning of the New Stone Age. |
| specialize | To be trained to do a particular kind of work. |
| artisan | A person skilled in crafts such as carving or tool-making; craftsworker. |
| technology | The use of skills and tools to serve human needs. |
| history | The record of what has happened in the past. |
| prehistory | The period before events were recorded in writing; Examples: the Old and New Stone Age. |
| artifacts | Objects that were made by people long ago, such as tools. |
| primary source | A first-hand account of an event, such as an official document, a dairy, or a letter. |
| secondary source | A written record of the past, such as a book by a historian, that is based on information from a primary source or sources. |
| subsistence level | A standard of living that provides barely enough food and/or money on which to survive. |
