World History--Culture

the term for a society in which all food is obtained from wild plants and animals

• Hunter-Gatherer Society
• Agricultural Society
• Industrial Society
• Post-Industrial Society

people who move from place to place with no permanent home

• Nomads
• Tourists
• Migrants
• Refugees

the time period at the beginning of the Stone Age (means "old stone")

• Paleolithic
• Neolithic
• Mesolithic
• Bronze Age

a society centered around the cultivation of animals and plants for food, fuel, and other products

• Agricultural Society
• Industrial Society
• Hunter-Gatherer Society
• Post-Industrial Society

the time period that ushered in the beginning of farming and saw the widespread use of polished stone

• The Bronze Age
• The Iron Age
• The Neolithic Age
• The Paleolithic Age

taming animals, especially by living closely with human beings or by generations of breeding

• Domestication
• Hibernation
• Migration
• Adaptation

the name of a tool with a curved, hook-like blade, used to cut grains and grasses

• Sickle

• Hammer
• Saw
• Drill

a tool used to grind wheat or other grains

• Hammer
• Blender
• Mill
• Saw

the artificial application of water to land or soil to assist in the growing of agricultural crops

• Irrigation
• Deforestation
• Afforestation
• Desertification

one of the earliest-known systems of writing, characterized by wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphics
• Alphabet
• Pictographs