Prehistory Vocab

What is the Agricultural Revolution?

• A large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming

• The study of humans and their development

• A narrow passage of water located between Russia and Alaska

• Planting foods and breeding animals that are useful for humans

What is Anthropology?

• A large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming

• The study of humans and their development

• A narrow passage of water located between Russia and Alaska

• Planting foods and breeding animals that are useful for humans

Where is the Bering Strait located?

• A large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming

• The study of humans and their development

• A narrow passage of water located between Russia and Alaska

• Planting foods and breeding animals that are useful for humans

What is Domestication?

• A large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming

• The study of humans and their development

• A narrow passage of water located between Russia and Alaska

• Planting foods and breeding animals that are useful for humans

Who are Hominids?

• Early relatives to modern-day humans

• The group including modern-day humans

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

• Time periods with consistently freezing temperatures throughout the world

What does Homo sapiens mean?

• Early relatives to modern-day humans

• The group including modern-day humans

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

• Wise man

What are Hunter-Gatherers?

• Early relatives to modern-day humans

• The group including modern-day humans

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

• Time periods with consistently freezing temperatures throughout the world

What are Ice Ages?

• Early relatives to modern-day humans

• The group including modern-day humans

• Time periods with consistently freezing temperatures throughout the world

• A large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming

What is Migration?

• Early relatives to modern-day humans

• The group including modern-day humans

• Movement from one location to another

• A large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming

Who are Nomads?

• Early relatives to modern-day humans

• The group including modern-day humans

• People without a permanent home

• A large-scale shift from hunting/gathering to farming