| A | B |
|---|
| archaeologist | A scientist who recovers and studies items left behind |
| hunter-gatherer | people who hunted wild animals and gathered wild plants to eat |
| prehistoric | before written records |
| agriculture | the practice of cultivating the soil to produce crops and to raise livestock |
| nomad | people who had no single, settled home |
| fertile | able to reproduce |
| domesticate | tame |
| irrigation | a network of canals to supply land with water from another place |
| surplus | more than needed. a feature of a civilization |
| artisans | worker who is skilled in making items such as baskets, leather goods, tools, pottery, or cloth |
| specialization of labor | specific job. One of the 5 features |
| social classes | part of a group with similar background, wealth, and ways of living. One of the 5 features |
| complex culture | religion, music, language, etc. of a place. One of the 5 features |
| scribe | professional writer in ancient times. Only people who could keep records for the government |
| city-states | Developed because of the distance between settlements. Each had its own government, god or goddess, and king |
| government | developed to help keep peace and keep organized |
| polytheism | belief in many gods |
| myths | stories about gods that explain peoples beliefs, give warnings, etc. |
| empire | an area of many territories and people that are controlled by one government |
| caravans | groups of travelers |
| bazaar | market |
| code | rules |
| cuneiform | groups of wedges and lines |
| alphabet | a set or symbols that represented the sounds of the language |
| monotheism | belief in one god |
| famine | a time when there is so little food that people starve |
| scavenger | person who eats already killed prey |
| exile | to force people to live in another country |
