prehistory vocab for Pre ap
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| 243399697 | Southeast Asia | a geographical division of Asia that includes Indochina plus Indonesia and the Philippines and Singapore | |
| 243399698 | Typhoon | a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans | |
| 243399699 | Melanesia | the islands in the southwestern part of Oceania | |
| 243399700 | Periodization | historian's attempt to break down history into managable segments | |
| 243399701 | Stratigraphic Dating | most basic relative data, idea that each successive layer was younger than the layers underneath | |
| 243399702 | Artifact | a man-made object taken as a whole | |
| 243399703 | Evidence | an indication that makes something evident | |
| 243399704 | Paleolithic Age | second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC | |
| 243399705 | Foragers | people who support themselves by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants and insects | |
| 243399706 | Neolithic Revolution | the shift from hunting of animals and gathering of food to the keeping of animals and the growing of food on a regular basis around 8,000 BC | |
| 243399707 | Catal Huyuk | One of first true cities in history, created in the Neolithic Era in 6500 to 5500 BC, from which were created agriculture, trading, temples, housing, and religions | |
| 243399708 | Domestication | accommodation to domestic life | |
| 243399709 | Bronze Age | a period between the Stone and Iron ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons | |
| 243399710 | Artisan | a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft | |
| 243399711 | Archipelago | a group of many islands in a large body of water | |
| 243399712 | Oceania | a large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australia and the Malay Archipelago) | |
| 243399713 | Polynesia | the islands in the eastern part of Oceania | |
| 243399714 | Prehistory | the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | |
| 243399715 | Radiocarbon Dating | a chemical analysis used to determine the age of organic materials based on their content of the radioisotope carbon-14 | |
| 243399716 | Site | the piece of land on which something is located | |
| 243399717 | Shard | a broken piece of a brittle artifact | |
| 243399718 | Lascaux | a cave in southwestern France that contains Paleolithic paintings | |
| 243399719 | Mesolithic Age | middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago | |
| 243399720 | Jarmo | The area where the first indications of human settlement are found in Iraq, including pottery and domesticated animals. | |
| 243399721 | Ban Po | one of the world's best preserved and oldest neolithic village located in Yanshao dating back to 6000 BCE | |
| 243399722 | Slash-And-Burn Farming | the type of agriculture in which forests are cut and burned to clear land for planting | |
| 243399723 | Civilization | a society in an advanced state of social development | |
| 243399724 | Specialization | the development of skills in a specific kind of work | |
| 243399725 | Ring Of Fire | a major belt of volcanoes that rims the Pacific Ocean | |
| 243399726 | Micronesia | the islands in the northwestern part of Oceania | |
| 243399727 | Aborigines | The original of earliest known inhabitants of a country. | |
| 243399728 | Archaeology | the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures | |
| 243399729 | Thermoluminescence Dating | dates an object by measuring the light given off by electrons trapped in the soil surounding fossils and artifacts | |
| 243399730 | Inference | logical interpretation based on prior knowledge and experience | |
| 243399731 | Technology | tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs | |
| 243399732 | Nomadic | groups of people tending to travel and change settlements frequently | |
| 243399733 | Neolithic Age | latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere) | |
| 243399734 | Jericho | Oldest Neolithic community in the West Bank between Israel and Jordan | |
| 243399735 | Obsidian | acid or granitic glass | |
| 243399736 | Diffusion | the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another | |
| 243399737 | Government | the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed | |
| 243399738 | Iron Age | the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons |
