Prehistory Vocabulary

The use of tools and skills to serve human needs.

• Artisan

• Technology

• Domestication

• Nomad

A person skilled in crafts such as carving or tool making.

• Archaeology

• Specialization

• Artisan

• Hunter- Gatherer

A first hand account of an event like a diary entry or letter.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• History

Objects that were made by people long ago.

• History

• Glacier

• Artifacts

• Archaeology

The study of remains of past cultures.

• History

• Prehistory

• Archaeology

• Social Studies

The period of time before events were recorded in writing.

• History

• Prehistory

• Ice Age

• Old Stone Age

A written record of the past written by someone who studies it- like a textbook.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Artifacts

A great sheet of slowly moving ice.

• Ice Age

• Glacier

• Ocean

A long period in the past that lasted for millions of years- glaciers covered 1/4 of the earth.

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• Prehistory

• Ice Age

A person without a permanent home who travels for food.

• Hunter-gatherer

• Domesticate

• Nomad

• Agriculture