A person skilled in crafts such as carving or tool making.

A first hand account of an event like a diary entry or letter.

Objects that were made by people long ago.

The study of remains of past cultures.

The period of time before events were recorded in writing.

A written record of the past written by someone who studies it- like a textbook.

A great sheet of slowly moving ice.

A long period in the past that lasted for millions of years- glaciers covered 1/4 of the earth.

A person without a permanent home who travels for food.

The earliest period of human culture, began 2 million years ago and ended in 8,000 BC. (Paleolithic Age)

To tame or train animals for tasks such as farm work.

A period in social development that started about 8000 B.C. in which people first domesticated animals, farmed the land, and lived in settled communities. (Neolithic Age)

To be trained to do a particular type of work.

A culture with developed systems of government, religion, and learning.

A written record of what happened in the past.

The name for early humans who were nomads -they moved from place to place in search of food.