Early Civilizations Vocabulary
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- nomadic
- roaming from place to place when the food source is gone; hunting and gathering lifestyle
- domesticate
- to tame animals and raise them to be used by humans
- agriculture
- farming
- specialization
- training to do a particular kind of work ( ex. basket weaving, fishing, pottery making)
- oral tradition
- stories passed down through generations through word of mouth
- paleolithic
- Old Stone Age when people made tools from stones and were hunters and gatherers
- surplus
- an extra supply; more than what is needed
- lithics
- refers to objects made from stone
- neolithic
- New Stone Age when people began to settle in one place and farm
- prehistory
- period of time BEFORE the development of writing
- history
- period of time AFTER the development of writing; the written or recorded events of people
- artisan
- a skilled worker ( ex. blacksmith, basket weaver)
- social division
- the different roles(jobs/responsibilities) that people have in society(ex child raising, money earning, governing)