| A | B |
|---|
| Australopithicus was found on this continent | Africa |
| Paleontologist | Digs up fossils and bones |
| Lucy's scientific name | Australopithicus |
| Neanderthal | Found in Europe; bony eye-ridges, broad noses, broad chest |
| First completely modern looking humans | Cro magnon |
| Tao | A fictitious boy who lived during the Cro Magnon era |
| Radiocarbon dating | Determines the dates of fossils and artifacts that are up to 50,000 years old |
| Homo habilis | "handy human"; first to use tools |
| Homo Erectus | First to use fire; first to leave Africa and settle in Europe |
| Oral tradition | Myths passed down by word of mouth |
| Pre history | Before the development of writing |
| The actual Declaration of Independence document | Primary source |
| Objects made by humans | Artifacts |
| A picture from a textbook of a mummy | Secondary source |
| The order in which events occur | Chronological |
| Specialist who studies language | Linguist |
| Unearths and studies the remains of societies and cultures | Archeologist |
| Studies pollen found in rocks and soil | Botanist |
| A person who determines how old an artifact is | Chemist |
| Ten years | Decade |
| One thousand years | Millenium |
| One hundred years | Century |
| Lived in south-eastern Africa as far back as 3.5 million years ago | Australopithicus |
| Hunting and Gathering | Paleolithic era |
| Neolithic Era | Settling down / Farming |
| C.E. | Comman Era |
| B.C.E. | Before Comman Era |
| Growing plants & Raising animals | Agriculture |
| Glacier | a slowly moving, huge mass of ice |
| Homo sapien sapien | hominids that exist on Earth today |
| potassium-argon dating | can date rocks and fossils from more than 3.5 million years ago |
