| A | B |
|---|
| prehistory | period before events were recorded (written) |
| culture | way of life of group of people-includes customs, beliefs, the arts |
| values | beliefs or ideals that guide the way people live |
| customs | part of culture -way of living (practices or habits) in a group |
| basic needs | food, shelter, clothing |
| hominids | link between apes and modern man |
| nomads | people who had no permanent home and wandered place to place in search of food |
| Ice Age | glaciers covered 1/4 of Earth |
| glaciers | sheets of ice |
| government | established form of ruling a group or country |
| society | people bound together by the same culture |
| archaeology | study of remains of past cultures |
| artifacts | objects made by people long ago |
| history | record of what happened in the past |
| primary source | 1st hand account of an event |
| secondary source | writing based on primary sources |
| specialization | In New Stone Age, people began to do a particular kind of work |
| artisans | craftsworkers |
| technology | use of tools and skills to serve human needs |
| domestication | taming of animals |
| cultivation | preparing land for use and farming |
| led to stable food supply | farming and domestication of animals |
| Age when villages started to form | New Stone Age |
| examples of New Stone Age technology | wheel, writing, plow, irrigation |
