Unit 2 vocab

2. A device or piece of equipment used to carry out a particular function and make life easier.
5. A level of human development where people assist each other and live together peacefully (mostly) in communities.
7. A period of human history characterized by the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals. Which in turn lead to increased populations and larger human communities.
8. A period of human history between (in the middle) of the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age. A time of transition between Paleolithic and Neolithic technologies and lifestyles.
10. A wandering group of people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and harvesting wild food.
11. Knowledge put to practical use to solve problems or invent useful tools.
13. The process of concentrating on and becoming an expert in a particular subject or skill.
14. A wanderer that does not have a permanent home or settlement.
15. A skilled worker or talented craftsperson.

1. A period of human development characterized by the development of basic stone (and later bone and wood) tools.
3. The number of people in a particular area.
4. The widespread transition of humans from hunter-gatherer societies to farming settlements. Primarily because farming can result in a surplus (extra amount) of food.
6. The process of cultivating food or taming animals for human use.
9. An amount of something left over (extra) after needs have been met. (more supply than demand)
12. A yellowish-brown metal alloy of copper with up to 1/3 tin.