Unit 1 Test Review // vocab pt. 2 Flashcards
artifact
an object made by a human being
Culture
people’s unique way of life
Hominid
a primate of a family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors
Paleolithic Age
The Paleolithic Age covers the period from when stone tools were first used by man to the beginning of the Mesolithic Age.
Neolithic Age
The new stone age
Technology
Ways of applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs.
Homo sapiens
The species name for modern humas.
Nomad
A person with no settled home
hunter gatherer
a member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing and harvesting wild food.
Neolithic Revolution
The wide-scale transition of many human cultures during the Neolithic period from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement, making an increasingly large population possible.
slash and burn farming
method of cultivation in which forests are burned and cleared for planting.
domestication
taming and animal for farming
civilization
the stage of human social and cultural development and organization
Specialization
historical phenomenon speaks to certain foundational technologies, most significantly agriculture, combined with a high degree of social specialization,
Artisan
a worker in a skilled trade
