Question | Answer |
Geography | The study of people, their environment, and the resources that are available to them. |
Prehistory | The period of time before writing systems was invented. |
Culture | Way of life of a society that is handed down from one generation to the next by learning an experience. |
Artifact | Objects made by human beings. |
Technology | The skills and tools that people use to meet their basic needs. |
Historian | A person who studies how people live in the past. |
Nomad | A person who moves from place to place in search of food. |
Animism | The belief that spirits and forces, may live in animals, objects, or dreams. |
Domesticate | To tame animals and crops for the purpose of cultivation. |
Civilization | Complex highly organized social order |
Polytheistic | Believing in many gods |
Monotheistic | Believing in one God |
Artisan | A skilled craft worker |
Pictogram | A drawing used to represent a word |
Anthropology | The study of the origins and development of people and their societies |
Animism | Belief that spirits and forces may live in animals objects or dreams |
Surplus | Extra or excess |
Scribe | In ancient civilizations a specially trained person who knew how to read write and keep records. |
Cultural Diffusion | Spread by migration, trade and warfar. The spread of ideas customs and technologies from one people to another. |
City-State | Political unit made up of a city and surrounding lands. |
Archeology | The study of past people and cultures. A branch of Anthropology. |
Empire | A group of states or territories, controlled by one ruler. |
Steppes | Less fertile lands or dry grasslands used by nomads to herd their cattle. |