| A | B |
|---|
| Technology | tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs |
| Prehistory | long period of time before people invented systems of writing |
| Archeology | the study of the ways of life of earlier people through examining their physical remains. |
| Artifacts | objects made by man |
| Geography | the study of people, their enviroments, and the resources available to them |
| Latitude | measures distances north and south of the equator |
| Longitude | measures distances east and west of the Prime Meridian |
| Prime Meridian | an imaginary line that runs north and south through Greenwich, England |
| Nomad | Paleolithic people who moved from place to place following game animals and ripened fruit. |
| Polytheistic | believing in more than one god |
| Artisan | skilled craftworker |
| Pictograms | simple drawings used to show the words represented |
| Scribes | specially trained people who learned to read and write |
| City-State | a political unit that included a city and its surrounding lands and villages |
| Culture | the way of life of a society |
| Civilization | an advanced state of society with defined cities, government, social classes, arts and architecture, public works, religion, specialized jobs and writing |
| Animism | belief that natural objects possess souls |
| Anthropology | the study of the origins and development of people and their societies. |
| Historian | a person who studies and writes about history |
| Surplus | an amount greater than what is needed |
| Glacier | a huge mass of ice |
| Domesticate | to tame an animal for domestic use |
| Steppe | a vast, grass-covered plain |
| Empire | a group of countries, states, etc. under one ruler |
| Cultural Diffusion | the spread of ideas, customs and technology from one group of people to another |
