| Neanderthals | Neanderthals (Homo Neanderthalensis) were a extinct species or sub species (Homo Sapiens) that lived in the middle of the Paleothic Age |
| Homonids | Any creature that walks on two feet |
| Geography | The study of earth and it's people |
| Longitude | A measure of distance east or west of the Prime Meridean |
| Latitude | A measure of distance north or south of the equator |
| Tropic of Cancer | A Latitude line that runs parralel to the equator and is 23.5N |
| Tropic of Capricorn | A latitude line that runs parralel to the equator and is 23.5S |
| Lucy | The first human. She existed around 3.5 million B.C. |
| Paleolithic Age | An era between 2.5 million and 8000 B.C., and was known for the use of stone tools. |
| Mesolithic Age | An era between 10,000 to 6000 B.C., and was known for contrling fire and developing language |
| Neolithic Age | An era between 8000 and 3000 B.C. and was known for pottery, farming, and weaving |
| Hunter Gatheres | Nomads who hunted and gathered food. |
| Migration | To move from a place to another |
| Religeon | The worship of a god,gods, or spirits. |
| Technology | The use of one's mind to create what is neaded. Like in Sumer they created the days of the week,cuniform,and bronze. |
| Domesticate | To tend or raise an animal or plant to be used by humans. |
| Slash and Burn | To cut down trees and to burn the feild to make fertile soil for crops to grow |
| Irrigation | When you dig ditches by the river for water for your crops. |
| Surplus | When you have an extra of something |
| Social class | A group of people who's parent's jobs were for example warrior, farmer,etc |
| Government | A system for creating order and providing leadership |
| Examples of Socialized Skills | Farming,warrior,religous leader,etc |
| Mesopotamia | The land between two rivers |
| The two rivers | Tigris and Euphrates |
| Floodplain | Flat land bordering the water |
| Silt | Fine fertile soil after a flood. |
| Drought | A long period with little rain and less water. |
| City-state | A city and its nearby farmlands |
| Ziggurat | An ancient Sumerian or Babylonian temple that rose in steplike levels,and was used to observe the stars,and was like a city hall. |
| Polytheism | A belief in more than one god or goddeses,that the Sumerians believed in. |
| King | A leader a very high ranking peron,who controls his city. |
| Civilization | A human society with more advanced things than Complex Villages |
| Sumer | The first civilization which rose around3300 B.C. |
| Primary Source | A historical event that was written about by people who witnessed it.. |
| Secondary Source | A historical event written after it happened |
| Charachteristics of a Complex Village | A lot of people.Religous Centers.Trade/Economy.Agriculture.Homes |
| Catal Huyuk | The Catal Huyuk was a really old complex village and it was very religeous. It was nicknamed the Temple City, and it started around 6,500 B.C. |
| The Six Big Ideas | Beleifs,Culture,Economics,Geography,Government,and Science and Technology. |
| 5 Traits of Civilization | Advanced Cities,Advanced Technology,Complex Institutions,Record Keeping, and Specialized Workers |
| 7 countries of Central America | Belize,Costa Rica,El Salvador, Guatamala,Hondouras,Nicaragua, and Panama |
| The 13 South American Countries | Argentina ,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Columbia,Ecuador,French Guiana,Guyana,Paraguay,Peru,Surinam,Uruguay,Venezuela |
| Mercator Projection | A map that shows most of the continents but, it streches out the north and south poles |
| Homolosine Projection | This map shows the oceans, but the measurments are off. |
| Robinson Projection | This shows the earth, but the north and south poles are flatened |
| 4 types of homonids | Australopithecine,Homo Habilis,Homo Erectus,and Homo Sapiens |
| 5 themes of Geography | Location,Place,Region,Movement,Human-Enviroment Interaction. |
| The Start of Farming | Farming started around 8000 B.C. |
| Cuniforn | The type of writing Sumerians used. |
| Hammurabi | The first king to create a legal code(laws) |
| Villages start | Villages started around 5000 B.C. |
| Writing starts(cuniform) | Writing started around 3000 B.C. |
| Inevtions Sumerians made | Bronze,The days of the week, and writing |
| Elements of Prehistoric culture | Religeon,Language,and Art |
| Political Map | A map that shows a continent, and what people created. |
| Physical Map | A map that shows a continent, and shows the natural things created. |
| Thematic Map | A map that shows any kind of informattion. For example it can answer:How many people speak Spanish in(South America,North America,etc.) |
| Fire | 5000 B.C. |