6th Social Studies

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6th Social Studies
Vocabulary Words
By Kyle Koontz
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Artifact

• An object made by human beings

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Archaeology

• the study of the past

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Site Survey

• A detailed diagram illustrating the location of
  artifacts and describing them

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Technology

• Tools that people use to make their lives easier

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Ingenuity

• Using your brain and your resources to make your
  life easier

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Resource

• a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon
  when needed

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Big game and small game

• Wild animals used for food

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Skinning and tanning

• Removing animal hides and making them into leather

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Bone and antler tools

• Knives, needles, hooks, and digging tools made
  from antler or bone

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Obsidian flaking

• Chipping obsidian to make tools

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Cave painting

• Ancient paintings on cave walls and ceilings

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Petroglyphs

• a carving or line drawing on rock

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Atlatl

• A tool that launches spears with great velocity

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Bow and arrow

• Tools used to harvest game animals

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Hunting and gathering

• The methods by which primitive peoples get enough
  food to eat.

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Nomad

• a person who doesnt have a permanent home

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Irrigation

• Supplying with water

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Agriculture

• A fancy word for farming

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Domestication

• Taming wild animals for use as food

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Specialization

• Doing a job other than hunting and gathering