| A | B |
|---|
| Prehistoric | Time before recorded |
| civilization | Advanced state of human society where people began to organize themselves and govern themselves |
| archaeology | the scientific study of prehistoric peoples and their cultures |
| artifact | a handmade object, as a tool, or a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage |
| tool | anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose |
| trowel | any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle |
| excavations | an archaeological site area where scientists are digging |
| fossils | any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc. |
| Neanderthals | a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans |
| Ardipithecus | The oldest remains of preman every discovered |
| hominins | Any species or subspecies of human or pre-humans |
| Agricultural Revolution | Great change where people stopped being nomadic and started farmig |
| Neolithic Period | Stone tools made that help with farming |
| domestication | taming of animals for to meet needs of people |
| specialization of labor | When people focus and being really good at one type of work |
| agriculture | farming |
| Fertile Crescent | location of the first advanced civilizations |
| irrigation | advanced method of watering crops |
| Bronze Age | Humans made tools from metals |
| social hierarchy | class ranking system within a society |
| civilization | advanced stated of human development with a culture |
| city-state | a small independant country |
| silt | minerial rich mud left behind after a flood |
| bartering | trading good and services for other goods and services |
| surplus | having extra amount of things |
| natural resources | anything found in nature used to meet a need |
