Ch. 12 Introduction to Early Civilizations

period of time before written records of history

• domesticate

• prehistory

• agriculture

• nomads

to make a wild animal tame

• domesticate

• prehistory

• agriculture

• nomads

the science of raising animals and crops for food

• artifact

• nomads

• agriculture

• prehistory

an item used by people of the past

• artifact

• nomads

• agriculture

• prehistory

people who do not have a permanent home and move from place to place

• artifact

• nomads

• agriculture

• prehistory

When using barter, people can get goods they cannot product

• True

• False

For barter to work, each person must have what the other person wants.

• True

• False

Barter stops the spread of new ideas and technologies.

• True

• False

Barter helps people get rid of surplus goods.

• True

• False

cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming

• agriculture

• domesticate

• surplus

• specialize