| A | B |
|---|
| Nomadic | Moving from place to place in search of food |
| Archaeologist | Someone who studies fossils, artifacts and settlements for clues to the past |
| Paleolithic | The Old Stone Age ca. 2.5 million- 9,000 BCE |
| Neolithic | New Stone Age ca. 9,000- 3,500 BCE |
| Artifacts | Man-made objects like tools, weapons and pottery items |
| Lascaux | Famous place in France with Paleolithic cave paintings that are 16,000 years old |
| Domesticate | To tame, wild animals went through this process so Neolithic man could breed and raise animals for food etc. |
| Oral | Spoken not written |
| Pottery | Vases, pots, bowls, or plates, shaped from moist clay and hardened by heat |
| Aleppo | Ancient city N.W. Syria one of earliest cities |
| Urban | A city environment, not rural |
| Mesopotamia | Place in the Near East where cities began |
| Jericho | Ancient walled city in Palestine, one of oldest urban areas |
| Pictograph | Picture writing, often used by ancients before formal writing developed |
| Agriculture | When plants were domesticated, at the heart of the Neolithic Revolution ca. 10,000 years ago |
| Clans | An extended family, Paleolithic man lived in these groups |
| Fire | Paleolithic man learned to make and use this for warmth and food preparation |
| Stone | Most Paleolithic tools and weapons were made of this |
| Stonehenge | Famous Neolithic/Bronze Age Site in England |
| Carbon dating | Dating technique based on amount of radioactivity in formerly living objects |
