| A | B |
| history | written and other recorded events of people |
| prehistory | time before writing was invented |
| archaeologist | scientist who examines objects to learn about the human past |
| oral traditions | stories passed down by word of mouth |
| geography | the study of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it |
| hominid | a modern human or a member of an earlier group that may have included ancestors or relatives of modern humans |
| Stone Age | a period of time during which hominids made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone |
| nomad | a person who has no settled home |
| domesticate | to adapt wild plants or tame wild animals and to breed them for human use |