Social Studies Vocabulary

object made by a human being

• artifact

• hominin

• Paleolithic Era

• fossil

refers to the an extinct species of early humans who lived in The Stone Ages

• Neolithic Era

• prehistory

• hominin

• migrate

person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants

• nomad

• hominin

• archeologist

• hunter-gatherer

preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant

• artifact

• fossil

• civilization

• migrate

scientist who studies human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind

• hominin

• nomad

• civilization

• archeologist

complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills

• Paleolithic Era

• prehistory

• civilization

• Neolithic Era

change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans

• domesticate

• nomad

• hunter-gatherer

• migrate

to move from one region to another in order to live there

• atrifact

• prehistory

• migrate

• civilization

person who moves from place to place without a permanent home

• fossil

• hunter-gatherer

• hominin

• nomad

the Old Stone Age, was a prehistoric period when early humans were hunter gatherers and used handmade, stone tools.

• prehistory

• Paleolithic Era

• civilization

• Neolithic Era