| A | B |
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| AD/ACE | Refers to dates after Jesus' birth |
| Archaeology | The study of past human cultures |
| Architecture | The style and design of a building |
| Artifacts | Objects created and used by humans |
| Barter | The trading of goods and services without the use of money |
| BC/BCE | Refers to dates before the birth of Jesus |
| Cities | Large densely populated areas |
| Consumer | A customer who buys goods or services |
| Demand | The desire to buy goods or services at the market price |
| Domesticate | To tame and raise animals for human use |
| Goods | Objects that can be held or touched that can be purchased |
| History | Written and oral recorded events of people |
| Hominids | An early ancestor of humans |
| Homo erectus | “Upright man” Lived 1.5 million to 250, 000 years ago |
| Homo habilis | “Handy man” lived between one and two million years ago |
| Homo sapiens | “Modern human” Came into existence about 10,000 years ago |
| Ice age | Long periods of freezing weather |
| Metallurgy | The science of working with metals |
| Natural resources | Materials found on the earth that people need and value |
| Neolithic age | The New Stone Age: beginning of agriculture and tools |
| Nomad | A person who has no settled home |
| Oral tradition | Stories passed down through generations by word of mouth |
| Paleolithic age | The first part of the Stone Age |
| Political institution | An established structure of power |
| Prehistory | Before history and before writing was invented |
| Primary source | An account of an event by someone who took part in or witnessed the event |
| Producer | People who use resources to make goods or services |
| Record keeping | The ability to keep track of actions taken in the past |
| Scarcity | When people’s wants and needs for goods are unlimited, while the resources needed to produce those goods and are limited |
| Secondary source | Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event |
| Social classes | The division of society by rank |
| Specialization | The breakdown of labor into specific tasks for maximum efficiency |
| Stone age | A period of time when people made tools and weapons mainly from stone |
| Supply | The quantities of goods that can be made available for sale at different prices |
| Surplus | More of something than is needed |
| Trade | Exchanging goods and services for other goods and services or for money |
