Chapter 1, Section 1: Early Humans Vocab

People who study and write about the past

• archaeologists

• anthropologists

• geographer

• historian

Scientists who dig up and study artifacts

• anthropologists

• archaeologists

• historians

• nomads

A person who moves from place to place

• artifact

• historian

• nomad

• human

Plants or animals that have been preserved in rock

• artifacts

• anemones

• bones

• fossils

A scientist who studies human society

• anthropologist

• archaeologist

• historian

• nomad

Tools and objects made by humans in the past

• fossils

• prehistory

• fire

• artifacts

What does Paleolithic mean?

• before written history

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• the time when humans invented fire

What is prehistory?

• before history began

• the Old Stone Age

• before writing was developed

• the New Stone Age

The discovery of fire is an example of "the application of knowledge, tools and inventions to meet people's needs", or

• technology

• culture

• agriculture

• artifacts

The way of life of a particular group of people, it includes language, beliefs and food

• culture

• agriculture

• technology

• artifact