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Scientist who studies ancient cultures
Anthropologists
What is the shift from nomadic hunting-gathering life to permanent settlements with farming?
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
What is the term for taming animals?
Domestication
What is the term for raising crops?
Agriculture
What is the term for when the supply of food is more than the demand for it?
Surplus food
What is a system of ditches and canals that transports water from a source into an agricultural field?
Irrigation
What characteristic of a civilization is defined as the rules, leaders & cooperation used to maintain order in the civilization?
Systems of government
What is a complex organization that includes different jobs and social levels called?
Social Structure
What is the term for skilled worker?
Artisan
What natural resource were all the earliest civilizations formed around?
Rivers
Which scientists primarily study prehistoric fossils?
Paleontologists
During which stone age did humans domesticate dogs?
Mesolithic/ Middle Stone Age
Which time period did hominids first create crude stone tools?
Paleolithic Era/ Old Stone Age
During which stone age did hominids first develop basic language?
Paleolithic Era/ Old Stone Age
During which Stone Age was cave art first created?
Mesolithic Era/ Middle Stone Age
During which stone age was agriculture first developed?
Neolithic Era/ New Stone Age
