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Beg of Civ
Beginning of Civilization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| agricultural revolution | The time when humans begin to domesticate plants and animals and no longer relied on hunting and gathering |
| anthropologist | scientist who studies the physical characteristics and cultures of humans and their ancestors |
| archaelogist | an expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind |
| artifact | an object made by humans, often refers to a tool or relic from an earlier period |
| Bronze Age | (3000BCE-1000BCE) New Stone Age. Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture. |
| civilization | A society with cities, a central government, job specialization, and social classes |
| culture | beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people |
| migration | a movement from one country or region to another |
| Neolithic Age | (8000 BCE- 3000BCE) |
| nomadic | wandering, moving about from place to place |
| Paleolithic Age | (2,500BCE- 8,000BCE) Old Stone Age, A period of time when humans used stone tools, learned to make fire, and hunted and gathered food |
| prehistoric | before written history |
| pull factors | factors that draw out or attract people |
| push factors | factors that cause people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region |