Chapter 3 Early Humans and the Agricultural Revolution

Paleolithic

Relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age

Nomads

People who move from place to place as a group to find food for themselves

Technology

An ability gained by the practical use of knowledge

Method

A way of doing something

Available

Ready to be used

Construct

To build by putting parts together

Woolly Mammoth

A large , hairy , extinct animal related to modern-day elephants

Communicate

To share information with someone

Constant

Always happening

Ice Age

A time when glaciers covered much of the land

Domesticate

To adapt an animal to living with humans for the advantage of humans.

Neolithic Age

Relating to the latest period of the Stone Age.

Systematic Agriculture

The organized growing of food on a regular schedule

Economy

The system of economic life in an area or country; an economy deals with the making , buying, and selling of goods or services

Locate

To set up in a particular place

Shrine

A place where people worship

Specialization

The act of training for a particular job

Bronze Age

The period in ancient human culture when people began to make and used bronze

Monarchy

A government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parent