World History I: Chapter 1 Vocab

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Match the Definition: Record of events since writing began, ~5,000 years ago

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History

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Match the Definition: Period before written records

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Prehistory

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Match the definition: Highly organized society with complex institutions linking many people.

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Civilizations

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Match the Definition: Scientists studying skeletal remains of early humanlike creatures to determine appearance, lifespan, and characteristics.

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Anthropologists

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Match the Definition: Human beings and earlier human-like creatures

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Hominids

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Match the definition: Scientists who excavate ancient settlements and study artifacts.

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Archaeologists

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Human-made objects like tools, weapons, or coins.

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Artifacts

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Match the definition: What humans acquire by living together - language, knowledge, skills, art, literature, lifestyles.

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Culture

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Technique for identifying the age of organic matter by measuring radiocarbon decay.

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Radiocarbon Dating

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Match the definition: Large, slowly moving masses of snow and ice

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Glaciers