| Term | Definition |
|---|
| anthropology | study of human cultures |
| invention | a new way of doing something |
| pyramids | found in China, Egypt, and Mexico |
| grid | system of horizontal and vertical lines |
| stereotype | generalized, often negative view of individuals or groups |
| artifact | something made or used by an ancient culture |
| archeology | study of ancient cultures |
| culture | the entire way a society is organized |
| enculturation | the process of learning one's culuture |
| data | information |
| traits | characteristics |
| excavation | another word for a dig |
| dig | an archeological excavation |
| folkway | a polite way of doing something |
| more | laws are made to enforce these |
| taboo | very serious rules of society |
| norms | a society's rules of behavior |
| physical anthropology | the study of human evolution |
| behavioral science | sciences that try to figure out why humans do what they do |
| language | a set of signs and symbols used in communicating thoughts |
| ethnocentrism | the idea that one's culture is surperior to all others |
| non-material culture | the idea, values, and beliefs of a culture |
| material culture | things a society makes and uses for survival and growth |
| one million | number of stones in the Great Pyramid |
| set square | the tool Hemienu used to level the stones of |
| 2500 years before Christ | When was Imhotech born? |
| Xian (pronouncec "Chin") the Merciless | built the first Chinese pyramid |
| terra cota warriors | guarded Xian's pyramid for 2000 years |
| pueblo | means town or village |
| parents | people from whom children first learn about their culture |
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