The practice of farming plants and domesticating animals to create food and other resources.

A complex form of social organization involving governments, culture, and social hierarchies.

(ca. 8000 BCE) The change from hunting and gathering to farming and herding that enabled much larger human populations and the development of urban centers

social stratification

A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy; the division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative property, power, and prestige

The spread of cultural behaviors and traits (such as ideas, music, food, religion, technology, and language) either within a single culture or from one culture to another

The process by which animals or plants are bred in order to select genetic traits that are useful to humans

A region centered in present-day Iraq, Syria, Israel, and Egypt where many early civilizations began

hunting and gathering culture

A culture that gets food primarily by hunting and finding it from the environment instead of by farming or herding

The process by which a division of labor occurs as different workers specialize i different tasks or jobs over time

Moving from one place to another rather than living in a permanent settlement, village, or city

The movement of people from one location or country to another

(2,500,000-10,000 BCE) An early period of human history in which humans used simple stone tools. This period is also called the Old Stone Age

The practice of herding animals for food and materials to sustain a society

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Unit 2

Term	Definition
agriculture	The practice of farming plants and domesticating animals to create food and other resources.
civilization	A complex form of social organization involving governments, culture, and social hierarchies.
Neolithic Revolution	(ca. 8000 BCE) The change from hunting and gathering to farming and herding that enabled much larger human populations and the development of urban centers
social stratification	A system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy; the division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative property, power, and prestige
diffusion	The spread of cultural behaviors and traits (such as ideas, music, food, religion, technology, and language) either within a single culture or from one culture to another
domestication	The process by which animals or plants are bred in order to select genetic traits that are useful to humans
Fertile Crescent	A region centered in present-day Iraq, Syria, Israel, and Egypt where many early civilizations began
hunting and gathering culture	A culture that gets food primarily by hunting and finding it from the environment instead of by farming or herding
job specilization	The process by which a division of labor occurs as different workers specialize i different tasks or jobs over time
nomadic	Moving from one place to another rather than living in a permanent settlement, village, or city
migration	The movement of people from one location or country to another
Paleolithic	(2,500,000-10,000 BCE) An early period of human history in which humans used simple stone tools. This period is also called the Old Stone Age
pastoralism	The practice of herding animals for food and materials to sustain a society

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