S.S vocabulary Flashcards
Pre-history
the period of time before written records
Ancestor
a person from one has descended
Hominid
a group consisting of modern and extinct apes (including humans)
Hunter-Gatherer
people who get food by hunting, fishing and foraging
Paleolithic Era
a period of time that stone tools were developed
Neolothic Era
the new stone age, the beginning of a settled human lifestyle
Migrate
to move from one place to another
Division of Labor
the process of separating a work process into different takes and then each task is assigned to different people
Mesolithic Era
Age of transition where people began farming and herding animals.
Tool
A decide held in the hand used to carry out a particular function
Domestication
the process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm
Clans
a group of people with a common interest
Nomads
communities who move from place to place as a way of obtaining food or making a living
Agriculture
the practice of cultivating soil and growing crops
