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CH 3-4 VOCAB
Paleolithic / Neolithic Ages & Mesopotamia
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Social Studies
7th Grade
10/11/2016

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Paleolithic Age
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The Old Stone Age, which lasted from about 2 million years ago to 8,000 BCE.  During this time people were nomadic hunters and gatherers.
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Neolithic Age
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The New Stone Age which lasted from about 8,000 to 3,000 BCE.  During this time people learned how to farm and raise animals.
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Fertile Crescent
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An arc-shaped region in SW Asia with rich soil.
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domesticate

 

Definition
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
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agriculture
Definition
the business of farming, growing crops, and raising animals
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nomad
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one who moves from place to place with no permanent home
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trade
Definition
the business of buying and selling or exchanging items
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resource
Definition
something that can be used to fulfill a need
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Mesopotamia
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in ancient times, the geographic region located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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irrigation
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a means of supplying land with water
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levee
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a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks
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silt
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fine particles of rock
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city-state
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an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government
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