Civilization Vocabulary

early people who hunted animals and gathered plants for food.

• Nomads

• Hunter-gatherer

• Migration

• Civilization

People who moved from place to place.

• Domesticated

• Hunter-gatherer

• Nomad

• Specialization

the act of moving from one place to settle in another.

• Migration

• Irrigation

• Surpluses

• Nomad

all the ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs.

• Surpluses

• Irrigation

• Technology

• Religion

the worship of God, gods, or spirits.

• Hunter-gatherer

• Religion

• Civilization

• Agriculture

to tame or keep

• Domesticated

• Migration

• Irrigation

• Slash-and-burn

planting seeds to raise crops

• Artisans

• Technology

• Nomad

• Agriculture

cutting and burning of trees and brush to clear land for crops.

• Agriculture

• Slash-and-burn

• Migration

• Irrigation

the watering of crops.

• Irrigation

• Agriculture

• Nomads

• Surpluses

more than what is needed to survive.

• Civilization

• Specialization

• Surpluses

• Domesticated