Vocab #1 Learning Contract

2. a member of a culture in which food is obtained by hunting, fishing, and foraging rather than by agriculture or animal husbandry
5. the species to which all modern humans belong
6. the study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains.
8. a prehistoric monument in Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England consisting of standing stone boulders
10. arrange (laws or rules) into a systematic code
11. The later part of the Stone Age when more advanced weapons were made.
12. The early period of the Stone Age when stone tools were used.
14. a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia
16. a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
18. the period of time before written records
19. a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase

1. a "wegde-shaped" system of writing used in the ancient Middle East
3. the important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements
4. someone who doesn't have a permanent home and moves frequently for food, water, shelter, and hunting.
7. a cresent shaped region in the middle east
9. an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest.
10. the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group.
13. a relatively high level of cultural and technological development
15. a worker who practices a trade or handicraft
17. to bring animals or plants under human control in order to provide food, power, or company.