Vocab #1: Paleolithic vs. Neolithic & River Valleys

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  1. 1. also known as the Old Stone Age, which was about 2 million years old, where early humans used basic stone tools, relied on hunting, and gathering.
  2. 3. a simple picture or symbol that resembles a word or idea, was used in ancient and prehistoric times.
  3. 5. a skilled worker in prehistoric/ancient times who crafted pragmatic items and decorations by hand, such as jewelry, tools, pottery, or clothing.
  4. 8. the New Stone Age, a period when people began agricultural activities and raising animals, crafted tools, and made art like pottery.
  5. 9. the ideas, customs, and beliefs of people in a society.
  6. 10. a term that describes the process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use. (work, food, medicine)
  7. 12. Crescent, a crescent-shaped area of land in the Middle East with fertile soil where individuals first farmed and started early civilizations.
  8. 13. is the study of human history (pre-history) by using artifacts, buildings, and any leftover physical remains.
  9. 16. the scientific term for modern humans, which directly translates to 'wise man' or 'wise human'
  10. 18. a society that has cities, a government, jobs, proper rules, and culture.
  11. 19. large, stepped temples built in ancient Mesopotamia, were used for religious events.
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  1. 2. any simple object that has been created or modified by humans, ultimately used as concrete evidence for studying the past.
  2. 4. the area of time before any written records and civilization.
  3. 6. a prehistoric monument or burial site, located in Wiltshire, England.
  4. 7. a term that describes people who survived by hunting, gathering wild plants, and any other food sources.
  5. 11. Revolution, the significant transition in human history, where people evolved from a nomadic lifestyle of hunting and gathering into a settled agricultural way of life. This change brought the start of civilizations and villages.
  6. 14. a group of people or individuals that have no permanent home, and travel from one place to another, seasonally, to follow food supplies, pasture, or even jobs.
  7. 15. a term that means to arrange rules/laws into a systematic code (logical order).
  8. 17. individuals whose jobs were to copy documents by hand, a process used before the creation of printing.
  9. 18. considered the world's first language, was used in Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, written on clay tablets.