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Early Humans Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| artisan | skilled craftsperson |
| astronomer | person who studies the stars, planets, and other heavenly objects |
| civilization | a complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system |
| domesticate | to tame animals and plants for human use |
| nomad | person who regularly moves from place to place |
| irrigation | a method of bringing water from one place to another to water crops |
| cuneiform | Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings |
| empire | group of territories or nations under a single ruler or government |
| technology | tools and methods to help humans perform tasks |
| specialization | The development of different kinds of jobs |
| homo sapiens | the earliest humans, popularly known as cavemen |
| fossil | the remains, such as bones and teeth, of ancient animals and plants |
| artifact | An object made by humans of a past culture |
| archaeologist | scientist who hunts for evidence buried in the ground (artifacts) |
| Paelolithic Age | Period that began around 2.5 million BC and ended around 8000 BC |