World History Chapter 1 Vocab

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History

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Study of past events

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Culture

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The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of a group.

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Historian

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Studies and writes about the past.

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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.

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Archaeologist

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A scientist who studies artifacts left by humans.

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artifact

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An object made by a person for a practical purpose

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Anthropologist

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Studies beginnings and behavior of people

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Radiocarbon dating

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Method to determine the age of fossils

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Prehistory

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Period before writing was invented.