| A | B |
|---|
| technology | the use of skills and tools to meet practical human needs |
| Old Stone Age/Paleolithic Period | the period of human prehistory that lasted until about 12,000 years ago, during which stone tools were the most common technology used by humans |
| Border Cave | a major archaeological site in Zululand, South Africa and home of Old stone Age hunters and gatherers |
| hunters-gatherers (nomads) | people of the Old Stone Age who met needs by hunting animals and gathering plants |
| agriculture | the raising of crops and animals for human use |
| New Stone Age/Neolithic Revolution | the period of human prehistory that lasted from 12,000 years ago to about 6,000 years ago, during which people still depended mainly on stone tools and began experimenting with agriculture |
| domesticate | to train plants or animals to be useful to people |
| civilization | a culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, learning and government |
| surplus | an extra supply of something such as crops that are not needed immediately for food |
| specialization | training to do a particular kind of work |
| trade | the exchange of goods between people |
| BC or BCE | years before the birth of Christ or Before the Common Era |
| AD or CE-AD | anno Domini ~ Latin words that mean "in the year of the Lord" and refer to all dates following the birth of Christ or Common Era |
| circa (ca. or c.) | the Latin word meaning about or approximately |
| ancient | relating to a period long past |
| modern | relating to present times |
| decade | a period of ten years |
| century | a period of one hundred years |
| millennium | a period of one thousand years |
| cultural diffusion | the sharing of ideas and technology |
| fertile | rich |
