prehistory Flashcards
Legend
A list of symbols with explanations on a map
Compass rose
a circle showing the common directions of North,South,East,West
Artifact
A manmade object used by people in the past
Prehistory
Time before writing before events were written down
Archeologist
A person who studies the remains of ancient societies and digs up fossils
Primary source
An event that happened and someone was living during that historical time period
Paleolithic
A time period when early humans hunted and gathered
neolithic
Where humans began to domesticate animals and harvest crops also they live in groups, traded, and live in large groups
Communities
people living in large groups
Trade
Buying and selling or exchanging items
Agriculture
growing crops and domesticating animals
Domestication
training wild animals to be useful to humans
