1. Unit 1 Key terms

2. Pre history
The time before there was writing

3. history
the written and other recorded events of people.

4. archaeology
The study of the past based on objects left behind

5. culture
The knowledge ,beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people

6. fossil
A part or imprint of something that was ONCE alive. ( no longer alive)

7. Primary source
An account of an event by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

8. secondary source
Information gathered by someone who did NOT take part or witness the event

9. artifact
An object created or used by humans.

10. geography
The study of earths physical and cultural features.

11. hominid
An early ancestor of humans

12. Homo habilis
name means “ handy man”
Used chopper tools

13. Homo erectus
name means “upright man”
Can control fire
-used hand ax

14. Homo sapien name means “ wise man” Same species as modern humans
can create fire
Developed language

15. “the Iceman”
In 1991 an iceman’s frozen body was discovered in the Alps, on the Italian-Austrian border in Europe.

16. B.C
An abbreviation used with dates of events that took place before the birth of Jesus. b.c. stands for before Christ. ( Compare a.d.; see b.c.e.)

17. A.D
The terms anno Domini The term anno Domini is Medieval Latin, which means in the year of the Lord but is often translated as in the “year of our Lord.”
Oftenly thought of as “after death”

18. Hunter-gatherer
a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.

19. nomadic
anything that involves moving around a lot.

20. Stone age
: the first known period of prehistoric human culture characterized by the use of humans made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone

21. cultivation
prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening. (grow )

22. domestication
To tame (animals, plants, etc)

23. agriculture the science or practice of farming
growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food

24. Paleolithic Era
Old stone age

25. Mesolithic Era
Middle stone age
Marked by the difference in weapons

26. Neolithic Era New stone age
characterized by the beginning of farming, the domestication of animals, the development of crafts such as pottery and weaving, and the making of polished stone tools.

27. Neolithic Revolution
The Neolithic revolution was the first agricultural revolution—the transition from nomadic hunting and gathering communities and bands to agriculture and settlement

28. population
all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country

29. economy
the wealth and resources of a country or region