This was a time period during which early humans made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone.
What is the Stone Age
100
These people are scientists who examine objects to learn about past peoples and cultures.
What is archaeologists
100
___ is the process of supplying land with water from another place using a network of canals.
What is irrigation
100
This person was considered the most powerful person in a city.
What is the King
200
The time before history.
What is prehistory
200
This time period was marked by the beginning of humans practicing farming.
What is the New Stone Age
200
This civilization was built on the banks of the Nile River in Africa
What is Egyptian
200
People often had a food ___, meaning more than what is needed.
What is surplus
200
Human beings owned as property by other people who worked in cities, often as household servants and as laborers. Their status was beneath that of free people
What is a slave
300
A person who has no settled home
What is a nomad
300
Nomads lived during this time period
What is the Old Stone Age
300
Scientists determined that this man, who wore finely stitched animal skins and had a copper ax, probably lived about 5,000 years ago.
Who is the Iceman
300
A ___ is a society that has cities, a central government run by official leaders, and workers who specialize in various jobs. It is also characterized by writing, art, and architecture.
What is civilization
300
People developed the ability to use this during the Prehistory time period?
What is fire
400
This means to adapt wild plants for human use or to tame wild animals and breed them for human use.
What is domesticate
400
This time period came before the New Stone Age, but after the Old Stone Age
What is the Middle Stone Age
400
These people raised livestock and traveled from place to place in search of grazing areas for their animals.
What is pastoral nomads
400
This simple but amazing invention was created around 3500 B.C., which allowed carts full of trade goods to be pushed through the city to market.
What is the wheel and axle
400
Stories passed down by word of mouth are what?
What is oral traditions
500
A group of people with similar backgrounds, incomes, and ways of living
What is social class
500
By 3000 B.C., artisans had learned to mix copper with tin, creating a mixture that could be used to make items more durable, or long-lasting. What time period was this?
What is the Bronze Age
500
this person is a worker who is especially skilled in crafting items by hand. They usually make items such as baskets, leather goods, tools, pottery, or cloth.
What is an Artisan
500
The people in the Old Stone Age got their food by hunting animals and ___.
What is gathering wild plants
500
As populations of cities grew, people began to form these.