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Prehistory
Paleolithic to Neolithic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| This era is defined when people were nomadic hunter/gathers and fished for food. | Paleolithic |
| This shift to this era occurred when people learned to farm. | Neolithic |
| Study of people, their environments, and their resources | Geography |
| Period of time before writing systems were invented | Prehistory |
| Way of life of a society that is handed down from one generation to the next by learning and experience | culture |
| Study of past people and cultures | Archaeology |
| Object made by human beings | artifact |
| Person who moves from place to place in search of food | Nomad |
| Tame animals and crops for the purpose of cultivation | Domesticate |
| Complex, highly organized social order | Civilization |
| Believing in many gods | Polytheistic |
| Skilled craftworker | Artisan |
| Drawing used to represent a word | Pictogram |
| Political unit made up of a city and the surrounding lands | City-State |
| Group of states or territories controlled by one ruler | Empire |
| 5 Themes of Geography | movement, location, place, region, human-environment interaction |
| 8 basic features of Civilization | cities, organized government, complex religions, job specialization, social classes, arts & architecture, public works, writing |