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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 irrigation | applying land with water from another place using a network of canals |
| Stone Age | is a period of time during which humans made lasting weapons and tools using bones and stones |
| oral tradition | stories handed down by mouth. becomes myths and legends |
| Nomad | people who have no settled home |
| history | the study of the past through written and other recorded events of people |
| Civilization | a society that has cities a central government run by an official leader and workers who specialize in various jobs |
| secondary source | a second hand account based on primary sources for example a textbook describing the US constitution |
| primary source | a firsthand account of an event or a persons life... a diary, biography, or the US Constitution would be a firsthand account |
| surplus | more than whet is needed |
| geography | is the study of the earths surface and the process that shapes it |
| fossils | they are the hardened remains of plants or animals that lived long ago |
| what do you put first, latitude or longitude? | latitude |
| what is the order for a timeline? | B.C. 0 then A.D. |
| which period of time was farming developed? | new stone age |
| what are the 5 themes of civilization? | technology, beliefs, government, adaptation, culture |
| egyptian civilization developed on the banks of the Nile because... | the river flooded each year, depositing rich soil into its banks |
| history began when... | people developed a system of writing |
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