| A | B |
| Archaeologist | Scientist who excavates, identifies, and studies the remains of ancient culture |
| Society | Network of people who interact with one another on a regular basis |
| Pre-history | Period before written records |
| Paleontologist | Scientist who studies fossils that existed in pre-historic times |
| Culture | Buleprint for living that a group of people develop and pass on to their children |
| Anthropologist | Expert who studies human being, ancient and modern |
| Artifacts | Uncovered tools, jewelry, and other things made by people |
| Nomads | People who continually move from place to place |
| Slash and burn | Method of farming in which trees and grasses are cut and then burned to clear a field |
| Domestication | Taming of animals |
| Australopithecines | First humanlike creature to walk upright |
| Homo Habilis | Hominid who was the first to use tools |
| Homo Erectus | First hominid to use fire, spoken language |
| Neanderthal | Once thought to be rough and wild, scientists now believe they may have held religious beliefs |
| Cro-Magnons | Early humans whose bodies were just like those of modern people |
| Jarmo | Site in Iraq where people were farming and raising animals by 7000 BC |
| Bronze Age | Time when people began using bronze |
| Ziggurat | Pyramid-shaped monument |
| Neolithic Revolution | Advent of agriculture and domestication of animals |
| Civilization | Culture with advanced cities, specialized workers, complex institutions, writing, and technology |