Early Humans Vocab

Agriculture

• the raising of crops and the keeping of domesticated animals; farming
• a highly organized society
• the first known period of prehistoric human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools

• to tame animals and get them used to living with human beings

Civilization

• a highly organized society
• to raise crops by preparing the land, planting seeds, and growing plants
• a way of life, set of beliefs and customs, and language shared by a group of people
• huge sheets of ice that slowly flow over the land or into a valley

Cultivate

• to raise crops by preparing the land, planting seeds, and growing plants
• a way of life, set of beliefs and customs, and language shared by a group of people
• to tame animals and get them used to living with human beings
• things that can be bought, sold, or traded, such as food items, clothing, tools, and crafts

Culture

• a way of life, set of beliefs and customs, and language shared by a group of people
• to tame animals and get them used to living with human beings
• huge sheets of ice that slowly flow over the land or into a valley
• a period of time that began hundreds of thousands of years ago when much of the world was covered in ice

Domesticate

• to tame animals and get them used to living with human beings
• huge sheets of ice that slowly flow over the land or into a valley
• things that can be bought, sold, or traded, such as food items, clothing, tools, and crafts
• "New Stone"; a period of time that began 10,000 years ago when the Ice Age ended and people came together to live in settlements, where they cultivated crops and domesticated animals

Glaciers

• huge sheets of ice that slowly flow over the land or into a valley
• things that can be bought, sold, or traded, such as food items, clothing, tools, and crafts
• a period of time that began hundreds of thousands of years ago when much of the world was covered in ice
• people who do not live a settled life but who travel constantly, usually with herds of animals

Goods

• things that can be bought, sold, or traded, such as food items, clothing, tools, and crafts
• a period of time that began hundreds of thousands of years ago when much of the world was covered in ice
• to raise crops by preparing the land, planting seeds, and growing plants

• "Old Stone"; a period of time when early people existed, living as nomads in caves and making simple stone tools

Ice Age

• a period of time that began hundreds of thousands of years ago when much of the world was covered in ice
• "New Stone"; a period of time that began 10,000 years ago when the Ice Age ended and people came together to live in settlements, where they cultivated crops and domesticated animals
• people who do not live a settled life but who travel constantly, usually with herds of animals
• the first known period of prehistoric human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools

Neolithic Period

• "New Stone"; a period of time that began 10,000 years ago when the Ice Age ended and people came together to live in settlements, where they cultivated crops and domesticated animals
• people who do not live a settled life but who travel constantly, usually with herds of animals
• "Old Stone"; a period of time when early people existed, living as nomads in caves and making simple stone tools
• a member of the group of creatures that walk upright, including human beings and related species

Nomads

• people who do not live a settled life but who travel constantly, usually with herds of animals
• "Old Stone"; a period of time when early people existed, living as nomads in caves and making simple stone tools
• the first known period of prehistoric human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools
• the raising of crops and the keeping of domesticated animals; farming