| A | B |
|---|
| adapt | change to make your life better |
| agriculture | farming to grow food |
| crops | plants that farmers grow for food |
| archaeologist | person who finds and studies old things |
| canal | a little river made by people |
| cloth | We use this to make clothes. |
| compete | a contest to see who wins |
| conquer | to have a fight and win |
| cuneiform | writing from Sumeria |
| excavate | dig out something from the ground |
| explore | look all over a new place |
| fertile | good land for growing plants |
| freeze | become ice |
| gather | pick up and hold |
| human | a person, people |
| hunter | person who kills and eats animals |
| gatherer | person who collects grains and berries |
| Ice Age | 2 million - 15,000 years ago |
| invade | go to a place and try to conquer |
| irrigation | bring water to dry land |
| Mesopotamia | civilization between Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
| metal | gold, silver, copper, tin, bronze |
| sea monsters | ate people who fell into the ocean |
| pottery | dishes made from clay |
| products | things made and grown by people |
| record infomation | write important things |
| services | things people do to help others |
| settle | go to live in a new place |
| spices | salt, pepper, chili, garlic, cinnamon, curry |
| Stone Age | 2,500,000 years ago |
| tools | things people use to help do a job |
| trade | give something and take something |
| warrior | a person who fights in a war |
| weapons | tools for fighting |
| Phoenicians | great sea traders from 1200 - 600 B.C. |
| Phoenician alphabet | the basis of the English alphabet |
| society | a group of people living together |
| classes | people in groups by how much money they have |
