| A | B |
| nomad | wanderers who have no settled home |
| agriculture | farming |
| surplus | amount more than what is needed |
| ceremony | series of actions performed at a special event, such as a religious service |
| slash-and-burn | clearing land for farming by cutting or burning trees |
| confederation | a group of governments working together |
| migration | movement of people |
| artifacts | object made by early people |
| technology | the use of scientific knowledge or tools to do something |
| extinct | no longer living |
| civilization | a group that has cities and a well developed government, religion, and learning |
| classes | group of people who are alike in some way - each one is treated with different amounts of respect in a society |
| slavery | holding people against their will and making them carry out orders |
| clan | a group of families related to one another |
| council | a group that makes laws |