6th - SS Chapter 1 Early People Vocab Flashcards
A scientist who studies human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind?
Archaeologist
The study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture?
Anthropology
The time before humans invented writing?
Prehistory
The preserved remains of ancient human, animal or plants?
Fossil
The scientist who studies the physical materials of the Earth itself, such as soil and rocks?
Geologist
An object made by a human being?
Artifact
A person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants?
Hunter-gatherer
The tools and skills people use to meet their needs and wants?
Technology
The beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people?
Culture
A person who moves from place to place without a permanent home?
Nomad
To become an inhabitant of a place?
Populate
The movement of people from one place to another?
Migration
Surroundings?
Environment
To change?
Adapt
A group of families with a common ancestor?
Clan
