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Early People

TermDefinition
pastoral society nomadic people began to tame animals for food
domesticate tame livestock (animals) for human use (meat, milk)
hunter-gatherer people who move from place to place to find food
farming socities people stopped moving place to place and started domesticating wild plants
agriculture farming
population growth people stopped moving so larger families led to villages
challenges of early farming insects, plant diseases, flooding
slash and burn method to fertilize the land, when soil became worn out, farmers moved to new fields
cooperation early people had to work together to find ways to survive
specialization people became skilled at certain jobs so they could be done better
archaeologist scientist who digs up and studies human remains to piece together the story of the past
Paleolithic Old Stone Age, people were nomadic and lived in small groups
Neolithic New Stone Age, people stopped moving around and began to live in societies that farmed and used tools
complex society a society with a reliable food source, laws, customs, and job specialization
civilization complex society with developed forms of religion, ways of governing, and centers of learning
technology use of knowledge and skill to make work easier
artifact human made object from long ago that clues about the past
cultivate prepare and use soil for the growing of crops
fossil trace of living thing found embedded in stone
primary source First hand accounts or artifacts that came from the time in question
secondary source Second hand accounts or replicas of artifacts that came from the time in question
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