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Chapter 1 - Development of Human Societies Vocabulary Study
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anthropologist,  | A scientist who studies the cultural development of humans |
archaeologist,  | A scientist who studies past human life by analyzing artifacts |
artifact,  | an object made by humans from a past culture |
culture,  | a group's way of life, including types of food, shelter, clothing, language, religion, behavior and ideas |
drought,  | a long period of dry, hot weather |
fossil,  | the remains of organisms that lived long ago |
land bridge,  | a strip of land connecting two landmasses |
megafauna,  | the large animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period |
migration,  | the movement from one place to another |
oasis,  | a fertile place with water in a desert |
technology,  | the application of knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet people's needs |
agriculture,  | the practice of growing plants and rearing animals for food |
domestication,  | the raising of plants and animals to make them useful to humans |
fertile,  | encouraging the growth of crops and plants |
hunter-gatherers,  | a human who hunts animals and gathers wild plants to eat |
nomad,  | a person who moves from place to place |
oral history,  | an unwritten account of events, often passed down through the generations as stories or songs |
primary source,  | an artifact or piece of writing that was created by someone who witnessed or lived through a historical event |
secondary source,  | an artifact or writing created after an event by someone who did not see it or live during the time when it occurred |
Homo sapien,  | "wise man" |
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