Tuesday, September 15 Flashcards
social scientists
Scholars who study human society
Agriculture
The business of farming
Domesticate
To train a wild animal to be useful to humans
Prehistoric
Before written history
Biped
A two-footed animal
Anthropologists
Scientists who study human development and culture
Trade
The business of buying and selling or exchanging items
Artifacts
Objects that were made or used by people in the past
Hominids
Prehistoric humans
Historians
Scientists who record the past
Capabilities
Having the power or ability to do something
Geographers
Scientists who study the physical features of earth
Archeologists
Scientists who study objects that prehistoric people have left behind
Neolithic Age
The New Stone Age that was characterized by the beginning of agriculture.
Paleolithic Age
A prehistoric period that was characterized by hunting and gathering in small bands of 20 to 60 people.