The Stone Ages and Early Cultures
Academic Vocabulary
Social Studies Words
The Stone Ages and Early Cultures
Social Studies Words
100

the New Stone Age; when people learned to make fire and tools such as saws and drills

Neolithic Era

100

referring to the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome

classical

100

also BCE, refers to dates before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth




BC

100

early ancestor of humans

hominid


100


government

Politics

200

the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans



domestication

200


binding legal agreements

contracts

200


the culture characteristic of particial time or place

Cilvilization


200


any handheld object, modified to help a person accomplish a task

tool

200

materials found in the earth that people need and value

Resources

300

farming

agricultural

300

work or perform

function


300

the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time




climate


300


people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive

hunter-gatherers

300

the features on the land's surface, such as mountains and rivers

physical features

400

a strip of land connecting two continents

land bridge

400

a plan for fighting a battle or war



strategy

400

the knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people

Culture

400


first part of the Stone Age; when people first used stone tools

Paleolithic Era

400

a repeated practice or tradition

custom


500

migrate


To Move

500

the way something is set up or organized

structure

500


period of time




ERA

500

time before there was writing

prehistory

500

refers to "Before Common Era," dates before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth

BCE