World History I: Chapter 1 Vocab

Match the Definition to the Word: Record of events since people first developed writing, about 5,000 years ago

• History

• Prehistory

• Civilizations

• Artifacts

Match the Definition to the Word: Period of time before people kept written records

• History

• Prehistory

• Culture

• Archaeologists

Match the Definition to the Word: Highly organized society with complex institutions and attitudes that link a large number of people together

• Artisans

• Domestication

• Nomads

• Civilizations

Match the Definition to the Word: Scientists who study the skeletal remains of early humanlike creatures and people to determine how they looked, how long they lived, and other physical characteristics

• Radiocarbon Dating

• Anthropologists

• Archaeologists

• Culture

Match the Definition to the Word: Human beings and earlier human-like creatures

• Hominids

• Artisans

• Nomads

• Glaciers

Match the Definition to the Word: Scientists who excavate ancient settlements and study artifacts

• Ice Age

• Artisans

• Anthropologists

• Archaeologists

Match the Definition to the Word: Human-made material objects, for example, a tool, a weapon, or a coin

• Domestication

• Culture

• Artifacts

• Nomads

Match the Definition to the Word: What humans acquire by living together - language, knowledge, skills, art, literature, and life styles

• Culture

• Irrigation

• Cultural Diffusion

• Division of Labor

Match the Definition to the Word: Technique that allows the age of organic matter to be identified by measuring the rate of decay of radiocarbon atoms

• Neolithic Revolution

• Radiocarbon Dating

• Artisans

• Cultural Diffusion

Match the Definition to the Word: Large, slowly moving masses of snow and ice

• Glaciers

• Ice Age

• Nomads

• Irrigation