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| culture | the way of life of a group of people of a particular time, including their customs, beliefs, and arts |
| customs | 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 in a place |
| religion | the way people worship the God or gods that they believe in |
| legacy | the tradiditions 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 |
| glaciers | a great sheet of slowly moving ice |
| Old Stone Age | the earliest period of human culture, beginning about 2 million years ago and lasting until about 8000B.C. |
| nomads | a person without a permanant home who travels in search of food |
| New Stone Age | a period in social development that started about 8000B.C., in which people first domesticated animals, farmed land, and lived in settled communities |
| civilization | a society that has acieved 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; this marked the beginning of the New Stone Age |
| Catal Huyuk | a large village in present day Turkey, that was flourishing during 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; the Old and New Stone Age |
| artifacts | objects that were made by people long ago, such as tools |
| archaeology | the study of the remains of past cultures |
| primary sources | a first-hand account of an event,such as an official document, a diary, or a letter |
| secondary sources | a written record of the past, such as a book by a historian, that is based on information from a primary source or sources |
