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Prehistory
The time before written records
Archaeologists
People who study human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind
Hunter-gatherer
A person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants for food
Technology
Tools and skills that people use to meet their needs and wants
Nomads
People who move place to place without a permanent home
Fertile Crescent
A region with good conditions for growing crops in the Middle East
Surplus
Having more than enough
Revolution
A complete change in the ways of thinking, working, or living
Scarcity
Having a limited amount of resources to meet unlimited wants
Fossils
Hardened remains or imprints of living things that existed long ago
Sickle
A tool for cutting grass
Domesticate
Change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans
Culture
Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people
Artifact
an object made by a human being, typically an item of historical interest.
Specialization
when people spend most of their time working on a single job or craft
Excavate
to dig; or to remove earth carefully and systematically in order to find buried remains or artifacts
-logy
suffix that means the study of
-ist
suffix that means a person who
ex-
prefix that means out of
“arch”
root word meaning to rule, earliest, first, original or earliest in time
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