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| culture | the way of life of a group of peopleat 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 that they believe in |
| legacy | the traditions and knowledge of a culture that have been passed down to people today |
| Ice Age | a long period in the past that lasted for millions of years; glaciers covered much of the Earth |
| glacier | a great sheet of slowly moving ice |
| Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) | the earliest period of human culture, beginning about two million years ago and lasting until about 8000 BC |
| nomad | a person without a permanent home who travels from place to place in search of food |
| New Stone Age (Neolithic) | a period in social development that began about 8000 BC, 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 systenms of government, religion, and learning |
| domesticate | to tame animals or plants in order to make them useful to people |
| cultivate | to prepare the land for planting |
| specialize | to be trained to do a specific kind of work |
| artisan | a person skilled at a craft who produces a product |
| technology | the use of skills and tools to serve human needs |
| Catal Huyuk | a Neolithic village in present day Turkey |
| history | record of what has happened in the past |
| prehistory | the period before events were recorded in writing |
| artifacts | objects, such as tools, that were created by people long ago |
| archeology | the study of the remains of past cultures |
| primary source | a first hand account of an event, such as an official document, a diary, 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 |
