The Stone Age/Early Man Vocab.

What is domestication?

• Breeding animals that are useful for humans

• Moving from place to place in search of food

• The process of farming

• The study of human culture and behavior

Who are nomads?

• Breeding animals that are useful for humans

• People who move from place to place in search of food

• The process of farming

• The study of human culture and behavior

What is agriculture?

• Breeding animals that are useful for humans

• Moving from place to place in search of food

• The process of farming

• The study of human culture and behavior

Who are hunter-gatherers?

• Old Stone Age, which occurred about 2.6 million years - 10,000 years ago

• New Stone Age, which occurred around 10,000 years ago and is most associated with the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture

• People who hunt animals and gather wild plants to acquire food

• The total number of people within a specific area, such as a city, state, or country

What is Prehistory?

• A period of time where humans invented and primarily used staone tools.

• The time period before written records.

• A system of beliefs and values.

• A large body of land surrounded by water on all sides.

What do we call the remains of a once living thing?

• Artifact

• Fossils

• Carbon Dating

• Irrigation

Non-living things left by early peoples

• Artifact

• Fossils

• Carbon Dating

• Irrigation

A scientific way to determine how old something is

• Artifact

• Fossils

• Carbon Dating

• Irrigation

The movement of people, goods, or ideas from one place to another

• Migrate

• Adapt

• Agriculture

• Excavate

To change in order to survive your environment

• Migrate

• Adapt

• Agriculture

• Excavate