Unit 1 Vocabulary

Question 1

The period of time before civilization and writing

Answer 1

Prehistory

Question 2

the study of the past

Answer 2

history

Question 3

people trained in history

Answer 3

Historians

Question 5

Before Christ

Answer 5

BC

Question 6

Before common era

Answer 6

BCE

Question 7

AD

Answer 7

Anno Domini

Question 8

CE

Answer 8

Common Era

Question 9

10 years

Answer 9

decade

Question 10

100 years

Answer 10

century

Question 11

approximately or around

Answer 11

circa

Question 12

relating to the earliest period of the stone age

Answer 12

paleolithic

Question 13

a social group made up of many families, clans or generations that share the same language, symptoms and beliefs

Answer 13

band/tribe

Question 14

people that move from place to place

Answer 14

nomadic

Question 15

refers to how a group of people get their food

Answer 15

hunters - gatherers

Question 16

art that was painted on cave walls and ceilings

Answer 16

Cave art

Question 17

period in earth’s history when the climate was much cooler, and about 1/3 of the Earth was covered in ice sheets

Answer 17

Ice age

Question 18

New Stone Age - when hunter-gatherers became farmers

Answer 18

neolithic

Question 19

when people began to stay in one place to farm

Answer 19

agricultural revolution

Question 20

stayed in one place because of stable food supply

Answer 20

permanent settlements

Question 21

to tame a wild animal or plant so it can live with people

Answer 21

Domesticate

Question 22

farming

Answer 22

agriculture

Question 23

the amount more than what is required or necessary

Answer 23

surplus

Question 24

focusing on a specific skill, activity or process

Answer 24

specialization

Question 25

the breakdown of labor into its components and their distribution amon different persons, groups, or machines to increase productivity

Answer 25

division of labor

Question 26

trading one thing for another without labor

Answer 26

barter

Question 27

stage in human history where peoople first began to use bronze to make tools, weapons, armor, and other items

Answer 27

bronze age

Question 28

the traditions and beliefs that they practice in their daily lives

Answer 28

culture

Question 29

the study of places and the relationships between people and their environments

Answer 29

geography

Question 30

the rise of complex government (village, city, city-state, state, nation) to provide order and structure

Answer 30

government

Question 31

a way of ranking and organizing people

Answer 31

social structure

Question 32

developed as people needed to keep track of records and trade

Answer 32

writing

Question 33

as people become more advanced, their tools, weapons, and other technology become more advanced to meet specific needs of each civilization

Answer 33

technology