NMI History Vocabulary: Chapter 3

6. A person skilled in foreign languages
13. A scientific method of dating once-living things based on the fact that radioactive carbon 14 decays at a fairly regular rate
14. A coming to existence or root; beginning
15. The complete scientific name of modern humans
19. The science of raising bees to collect honey
20. Pressure on a plant or animal populations caused by the environment
21. An object made or modified by prehistoric humans
22. A person who guides or controls the course of a vessel or a vehicle
24. The branch of anthropology that studies the physical remains of people
26. A group of related languages spoken by people who originated in SouthEast Asia a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore
27. Consisting of the countries south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea, and north of Australia
28. A house built on posts, usually made of logs, to raise the house off the ground
30. An ancient land mass which would have included Southeast Asia, Indonesia, the Celebes, and the Philippines

1. Denoting the period before written records
2. The study of the language of humans
3. A scientist who studies humans
4. A method of dating objects that were not once living by dating other objects found at the same level underground
5. A large stone that forms a prehistoric monument
7. The study of the remains of ancient people
8. The study of the cultures of people
9. A person or animal that lives in some specified region or dwelling
10. The time before written history
11. family descent or lineage
12. A type of red clay found int eh Marianas an used by the Ancient Chamorros to make pottery
16. The continent that contains the islands of Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania,
17. Islands in the Pacific including Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia
18. A pillar of stone used to build houses
23. The usual practice or habitual ways of behaving
25. Uninterrupted flow
29. To uncover or expose by digging