Units 1 & 2 Vocabulary - World

An account of something after the event has occurred by someone who was not there in person.

• primary source

• secondary source

• textbook

• interview

Old Stone Age

• Neolithic Age

• Bronze Age

• Paleolithic Age

These are objects made by humans, such as tools, pots, or weapons.

• artisans

• artifacts

• scribe

• archaeology

A record created at or near the time of the event or by someone who was there.

• primary source

• secondary source

• historical thinking

• scribe

Drawings that represent words or ideas.

• scribes

• cave paintings

• pictographs

• artifacts

The taming of animals in order to meet human wants or needs, such as food and clothing.

• farming

• agriculture

• domestication

• pastoralists

The belief and worship of many gods.

• monotheism

• theism

• polytheism

• animism

The world's first system of writing; was developed in Sumer.

• pictographs

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

• cave paintings

Nomadic herders tending sheep, goats, camels, or other animals.

• farmers

• pastoralists

• domestication

• hominids

People who move from place to place following game animals.

• hunters

• pastoralists

• neanderthals

• nomads