Timeline Vocab.
A period of a thousand years
millenium
Stories or myths (usually part of religion and mythology) that explain how humans came to be.
Creation stories.
The belief in MANY gods
Polytheism
a person who studies geography, the environment and people.
Geographer
A sudden or momentous change in a situation.
revolution
Before Christ/Before Common Era
BC/BCE
a community's cultural and historical traditions passed down by word of mouth.
Oral traditions
The law of the land and the people who enforce it.
Government
a person who studies past cultures by studying artifacts left behind by people.
Archaeologist
When people took up specific jobs as their talents allowed. (Some people became artisans, or skilled workers, etc.)
specialization
Anno Domini/Common Era
AD/CE
anything made, used, or modified by humans.
artifact
A altar-like place often found in Neolithic homes.
shrine
people who study the remains of ancient organisms or living things (such as fossils and bones).
Paleontologist
Of or having to do with the satisfaction of people's material needs - resources available - money.
Economic
a date or an event forming the beginning of any distinctive period (such as the Stone Age)
era
anything designed to make human life easier
technology
To bring under the control of and make usable by humans
Domesticate
a scientist that studies the surface of the Earth and what it is made of (especially rocks).
Geologist
Farming that is planned in a specific way.
Agriculture
Time line event dates should be written in....
Parentheses
the calendar that is used throughout most of the world. It began to be used from 1582 and was developed by Pope Gregory.
Gregorian calendar
to move from one country, place, or locality to another
Migrate
a student or writer of history - (especially academic writing). This person spend a lot of time in libraries and on the internet.
Historian
A story teller who passes down oral traditions.
Griot (Gree oh)