Vocabulary-Human Origins (only words on Quiz)

Objects made or used by humans, such as tools, weapons, pottery

• Artifact

• Culture

• Animism

• Fossil

People who travel from place to place, usually following a food source

• Artifact

• Culture

• Migration

• Nomad

Belief that everything has a spirit or soul and there is no separation between spiritual & physical world

• Artifact

• Culture

• Animism

• Nomad

Entire way of life that a people has developed over time (includes knowledge, art, beliefs, customs and values, etc. )

• Artifact

• Culture

• Animism

• Nomad

Studies human beings and the way cultures originate and are organized

• Anthropologist

• Hominid

• Kinship Group

• Animism

Mammals that walk upright instead of on all fours

• Anthropologist

• Hominid

• Kinship Group

• Animism

Community of people related to one another who share common customs, beliefs, and traditions

• Anthropologist

• Hominid

• Kinship Group

• Animism

Culture that depends on the wild plants and animals of their environment for their survival

• Hunter-Gatherer

• Nomad

• Kinship Group

• Hominid

Preserved remains or imprints of living things, such as preserved bones, teeth or footprints

• Artifact

• Fossil

• Technology

• Culture

Application of knowledge, tools and materials to make life easier

• Artifact

• Fossil

• Technology

• Culture