Other
studying his clothes, tools, and body
How did farming change the way people lived?
They settled in one place instead of wondering like nomads
The written and recorded events of people
History
Taming animals and breeding them for human use
Domestication
A period of time during which hominids made lasting tools from stones
Stone Age
The "pre" in "prehistory" stands for:
before
Dependable sources of water allowed farming settlements to transform into what?
Cities
The period of time before writing was invented
Prehistory
Artisans
More than what is needed
Surplus
When was farming developed?
During the Old Stone Age, how did people get their food?
hunting and gathering
Stories passed down by word of mouth
Oral Tradition
A person with no settled home
Nomad
Is a society that has cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers that specialize in various jobs
civilizations
Africa
Regular meant that the soil was rich to farm
Supplying land with water from another place using a network of canals
Irrigation
Scientists who examine objects to learn about past people and cultures
Archaeologists
A group of people that have similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of life
Social Classes
All of human prehistory took place in which "age"?
Old Stone Age
A surplus of food allowed people to become _________
Artisans
Modern humans and earlier groups that may have been ancestors or relatives to modern humans.
Hominids
Study of Earth's surface and the processes that shape it
Geography
A rod or pin on which a wheel revolves
Axle