Module One Vocabulary Review

People who study events in the past

• Archaeologists

• Historians

• Anthropologists

This is another word for farming

• Revolution

• Megalith

• Agriculture

This is a tool used to organize time. It is made up of a series of events and dates.

• Timeline

• Map

• Calendar

The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans

• Agriculture

• Domestication

• Revolution

Placing events in the order in which they occurred

• Chronology

• Prehistory

• Period

This time period began as early as 10,000 years ago in Southwest Asia. It means New Stone Age. This is when the Agricultural Revolution occurred.

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

10 year time period

• Decade

• Century

• Millennium

This time period began more than 10,000 years ago and lasted to about 5,000 years ago. It means the Middle Stone Age.

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

100 year time period

• Decade

• Century

• Millennium

To move to a new place

• Rotation

• Land Bridge

• Migrate