Test 1 Flashcards

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Nomadic

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Nomadic people are moving place to place instead of having a settled community

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2
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Colonies

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Meaning to be a country or region that has been taken over by another state

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2
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Fatal Huyuk

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Probably the worlds first city in modern day Turkey

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3
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Hunter-gatherers

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People who live by hunting animals & gathering food in the wild.

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4
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Cuneiform

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A writing system in which lines are drawn as wedge shaped marks

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5
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Agriculture

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Farming and herding animals.

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6
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Fossils

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Remains of plants or animals that have been found in rocks

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7
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Palaeontologist

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A scientist that studies fossils

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8
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Homo-ergaster

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The first human like species found in Africa.

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9
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Middens

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Coastal refuse heaps that contain evidence of the past.

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10
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Fertile Crescent

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A crescent shaped piece of land that had fertile dirt that grew many crops, and now houses Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Palestine

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Flint

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A stone that creates sparks when struck against another stone, it was also used to make spear-heads.

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