A
groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society
social class
a set of shared spiritual beliefs
religion
A supply of something that can be used as needed
resource
A complex society that has cities, a well-organized government and workers with specialized job skills
civilization
A system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services
economy
When people spend most of their time working at a single job or craft
specialization
More than is needed
surplus
people who move from place to place with their herds
nomads
A complete change in ways of thinking
revolution
To change the growth of plants or the behavior of animals in ways that are useful to humans
domesticate
A belief that the natural world was full of spirits.
animism
(verb) To become inhabitants of
populate
People who move from place to place with their herds
nomads
A complete change in ways of thinking
revolution
A. Change way of life
A. adapt
When people leave their homeland to move somewhere else
The time before written records
prehistory
The many different elements that make up the way of life of a people.
culture
They lived by hunting small animals and gathering plants
hunter-gatherers
Anything made and used by humans
artifacts
Scientists who study the physical materials of Earth itself, such as soil and rocks.
geologists
Hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago.
fossils
Study human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind
Archaeologists
The study of how human beings behave, how they act together, where they came from, and what makes one group of people different from another.
Anthropology
Surroundings
Environment