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Stone Age Vocabulary
Stone Age Vocabulary Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| skills and knowledge to make things that meet human needs | technology/tool |
| a system in which the members of a group do different tasks according to their abilities and the group's needs | specialization/division of labor |
| movement of groups of people from one place to another | migration |
| an organized group of people living and working under a set of rules and traditions | society |
| means to tame plants and animals for people's use | domestication |
| a unique way of life that sets a group of people apart from others | culture |
| materials found in nature that are useful to humans | natural resources |
| a human-made object, especially from long ago | artifacts |
| a pictorial sign or symbol, a prehistoric cave drawing | pictographs |
| a carving on rock, made by a member(s) of a prehistoric people | petroglyphs |
| the remains of a once-living thing | fossils |
| a small group of people | bands |
| the domestication of plants and animals | agriculture |
| a period of time characterized by people hunting and gathering for food and tools made of stone | Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) |
| the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals and the development of agriculture (farming) | Neolithic (New Stone Age) |
| scientists who look and study things (artifacts) left behind by people | archaeologists |
| the time before writing was invented | prehistory |
| means to uncover by digging | excavate |
| a person with no settled home, who moves around from place to place | nomad |