| A | B |
|---|
| prehistory | period of time before writing systems were invented |
| archaeology | study of the lives of early people through examination of their physical remains |
| artifact | object made by human beings |
| technology | tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs |
| historian | person who studies how people lived in the past |
| geography | study of people, their environments, and their resources |
| latitude | distance North or South of the Equator |
| longitude | distance east or west of the Prime Meridian |
| nomad | person who moves from place to pace in search of food |
| glacier | thick sheet of ice that covered parts of the Earth during the ice age |
| bureaucracy | system of managing government through departments run by appointed officials |
| polytheistic | believing in many gods |
| artisan | skilled craft worker |
| pictogram | drawing used to represent a word |
| scribe | person who knew how to read and write and kept records |
| city-state | political unit made up of a city and they surrounding lands |
| empire | group of states or territories controlled by one ruler |
| steepe | sparse, dry grassland |
| cultural diffusion | the spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another |
