| A | B |
|---|
| Prehistory | the period before writing was created |
| Archaeology | the study of the past from artifacts |
| artifacts | tools, pottery, paintings, and weapons of early peoples |
| Anthropology | the study of human life and culture |
| fossils | the remains of an organism from the past preserved by the earth’s crust |
| australopithecines | earliest human-like creature; southern ape |
| hominids | organisms that walk upright |
| Homo erectus | upright human being |
| Homo Sapiens | wise human beings |
| Neanderthal | an early human species; used stone tools |
| Homo Sapien Sapien | modern human - wise wise human |
| Paleolithic Age | early human history; old stone age |
| nomads | people who travel from pace to place and search for food and shelter |
| ethnocentrism | assessing other cultures according to own values, characteristics, and culture |
| Neolithic | "New Stone Age"; hunter-gatherers became farmers and hunters |
| Systematic agriculture | the growing of food and keeping of animals on a regular basis |
| Domestication | adaption of of animals and plants for human use |
| Culture | common beliefs and activities of a community |
| civilization | a complex culture in which a large number of human beings share common elements like housing and shops |
| Ethnocentrism | assessment of other cultures according to your culture |
| bronze | mix of copper and tin |
| copper | first metal used to make tools |
| Mesoamericans | early inhabitant of what is now Mexico and America |
