1. Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages
Critical Vocabulary

2. Artifact
An artifact can be any object made or modified by humans which then tells what those people were like.

3. Agriculture
The raising of domesticated animals and plants to provide a steady supply of food. (i.e.: farming)

4. Agricultural Revolution
When a civilization recognized the ability to stay in one place and survive from the planted ground.
As a result we see….
Growth of the family
Towns and cities
Domesticated animals
New technology

5. BC/AD Timeline
A graphic organizer or outline that illustrates events in chronological order.

6. Domestication
Domestication is the taming of a population of animals or plants that become accustomed to an environment such as a farm.

7. Hunter-Gatherer
A hunter-gatherer society is one whose primary method for survival involves the gathering of edible plants and the hunting of animals from the wild.

8. Nomads
Nomads are people who travel around from place to place without having a permanent place to live.

9. Pre-historic people
In ancient history, these are the people who lived before written records. These people were referred to as hunter/gatherers, nomads and cavemen

10. Water Trees Air Coal Natural Gas Land Petroleum
Natural Resources
Water
Trees
Air
Coal
Natural Gas
Land
Petroleum

11. Settlement
Settlements are the places where people settled to build permanent homes. This was the beginning of villages and towns and “urban development.”

12. Technology
The tools that we use to make life easier.