Unit 1 Part 1 Vocab

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significance

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Being important enough to remember and study

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Presentism

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Idea of putting current time beliefs and norms and letting them apply to your thinking of the past

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population density

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Measure of how many people live in an unit of area found by the average (usually, people per square mile)

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contribution

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What you have given to a particular event or period that is important

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cultural diffusion

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Process by which cultural items or ideas spread from group to group or society to society

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era

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A period of time set by particular circumstances or events

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architecture

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The art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other large structures

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legacy

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Something handed down from past generations that is important (could be material things or ideas)

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indigenous people

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A group of people originally born to an area with similar characteristics; native

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civilization

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A society with cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers who specialize in certain jobs, leading to social classes