| A | B |
| Ice Age | Period of time when glaciers spread out from both poles. |
| oral language | Spoken language |
| fire, cave art, oral language | Invented in Paleolithic Age |
| Homo sapiens | Modern human species name. |
| clans | Small groups of early humans. |
| nomad | A person who moves from place to place in search of food. |
| glacier | A thick sheet of ice that covered part of the earth during the Ice Age. |
| Paleolithic | Old Stone Age |
| paleo | old |
| lithic | stone |
| Neolithic | New Stone Age |
| neo | new |
| hunter-gatherer | Early peoples hunted for meat and gathered plants. |
| specialization | People become expert in one thing in Neolithic |
| artisan | Skilled craftsperson--e.g. weaver, potter |
| domestication | To tame--animals tamed in Neolithic |
| agriculture | farming |
| agriculture revolution | Invention of farming--starts Nelolithic Age |
| Stonehenge | Circle of megaliths (large rocks) in England |
| East Africa | First homo sapiens |
| 100,000 to 400,000 years ago | Homo sapiens began in East Africa |
| Carbon Dating | Age of old things |
| Aleppo, Jericho | Fertile Crescent |
| Catahoyuk | Anatolia |
| village | Neolithic |