WH Unit 1 Vocab

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A society in an advanced state of social development

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civilization

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Second part of the Stone Age, 750,000 to 500,000 years BC, ending around 8,500 years BC.

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Paleolithic Era

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System by which a community is ruled

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Religion

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Belief in supernatural powers controlling destiny

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religion

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A social scientist studying humanity

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anthropologist

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Anthropologist studying prehistoric culture

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Archaeologist

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Authority on the past who studies it

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historian

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A member of a people with no permanent home.

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nomad

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Agriculture

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Cultivating land or raising stock

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Autocracy by a ruler who inherits authority

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Monarchy