Man vs. Wild/Vocab

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  • Agriculture - Plants and farming/starts during Neolithic Era.
  • Aleppo - City in Syria
  • Anthropologist - Studying of humanity/human culture.
  • Archaeologist - Study skeletons/artifacts of the past.
  • Artifact - Archaeological findings that has been offered from man (bowl, etc.).
  • Catalhoyuk - A neolithic settlement in Anatolia (Turkey).
  • Cave Art - Paintings on caves [Homo sapiens in Paleolithic Era].
  • Civilization - Society of people: Make food, city, organized government.
  • Cultural Diffusion - Spreading of cultural-ness, religion, languages... through trade and travel.
  • Domestication of Animals - Making animals to obey, easy to contain.
  • Fire - Used for warmth, protection, light - first used by homo erects.
  • Hunter-Gatherer - Nomadic peeps living by eating.
  • Jericho - Ancient city in Palestine; known for walls.
  • Lucy the Hominid - A hominid found in Ethiopia.
  • Neolithic Era - 9000 - 8000 b.c. in Middle East; new stone age, more development
  • Nomadic - No home, but from place to place.
  • Paleolithic Era - Old stone age.
  • Scavenger - Finding food/no kill.
  • Stone Tools - Tools from stone, first developed by homo habilis.
  • Stonehenge - Prehistoric monument in England.