AGS World History Chapter 1 – Flashcards
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culture
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the values, attitudes, and customs of a group
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diary
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a daily record of what happens to a person
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historian
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one who is an expert of history
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history
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the record of past events and the story of what happened to people in the past
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humanity
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the human race
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primary source
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a first-hand account of a historical event
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secondary source
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a second-hand account of a historical event; an account written by a person who was not there
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interpret
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to explain something
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interpretation
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an explanation of something
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global
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having to do with the whole world
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anthropologist
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a person who studies the beginnings and the behavior of people
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archeologist
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a person who finds and studies the things humans left behind in the past
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artifact
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an object made by a person
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calculate
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to figure something out
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radiocarbon dating
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a way of measuring the radioacitivity of historic artifacts to determine how old they are
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Mary and Louis Leakey
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two British scientists who discovered stone tools, pieces of bone, skulls, and teeth in East Africa dating back up to 1.75 million years ago and footrpints of a hominid dating back 3 million years ago
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B.C.
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Before the Birth of Christ (now often substitued with B.C.E. [Before the Common Era] )
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A.D.
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Anno Domini, Latin for "Year of Our Lord" (now often substituted with C.E. [Common Era])
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decay
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to rot away or spoil
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embers
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the glowing remains of a fire
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nomad
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a erson who moves from place to place
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prehistory
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the time before humans left written records
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bison
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the more scientific name for the "buffalo" of North America
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boar
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a wild pig-like animal
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monument
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an object or building that stands in place and is usually made of some kind of stone
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scholar
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a well-educated perosn who has a great deal of knowledge about something
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bronze
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a hard metal made of a blend of copper and tin
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eclipse
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the hiding of the sun by the moon
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dogs
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animals domesticated from wolves that have been the companion of humans for the last 9,000 years
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civilization
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a people who have cities and government; a large group of people with a high level of development as a group
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Bronze Age
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time from 3,500 B.C. to 1,500 B.C. when prehistoric people made tools from bronze
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Stonehenge
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famous prehistoric monument of over 30 stones each weighing over 35 tons near the city of Salisbury, England
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Bible
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holy book of both Jews and Christians, made up of an Old and New Testament
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logos
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Greek for truth that can be ound through argument and demonstration
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mythos
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stories explaining basic questions about humans and their world that the ancient Greeks accepted as true
