Human History and Early Societies

TIme period when humans began farming and living in permanent villages

• Paleolithic Age

• Hunter-Gatherer

• agriculture

• Neolithic Age

Extra amount of food or goods beyond what is needed

• Surplus

• agriculture

• nomad

• domestication

Focusing on one type of job or skill in a community

• agriculture

• surplus

• prehistoric

• specialization

A person who studies human history through fossils and artifacts

• agriculture

• archaeologist

• nomad

• technology

Moving from one place to another for food, water, or shelter

• agriculture

• prehistoric

• Migration

• hunter-gatherer

Time before written records existed

• prehistoric

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

• technology

The taming of plants or animals for human use

• migration

• surplus

• technology

• domestication

A person who moves from place to place in search of food

• preshistoric

• archaeologist

• technology

• nomad

Tools, skills, and methods used to solve problems

• surplus

• technology

• nomad

• specialization

A period of human history marked by simple tools and nomadic life

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

• migration

• domestication