Prehistory Summative Vocabulary

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Nomad

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a person who has no settled home

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Domestication

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to adapt wild plants or tame wild animals for human use; can cause a food surplus

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Irrigation

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process of supplying the land with water through a network of canals, helped them to deal with dry seasons

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Prehistory

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the time period before events were written down

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Hunter-Gatherers

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nomads who hunted animals and gathered plants to survive

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pastoral society

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raises animals

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agrarian society

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grows food; farms

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agriculture

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growing crops for food

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artisans

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people who are especially skilled at arts and crafts

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Neolithic Age

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time period in which people farmed and raised animals for food