Agricultural Revolution
When humans first began to grow crops, live in cities and villages, and civilizations began.

Themes: Agricultural and Pastoral production, Technology

Archaeological
Relating to the study of human history, the excavation of sites, or historical artifacts.

Austronesian
A group of languages that are mainly located in Oceania, Madagascar, and some of Southeast Asia.

Theme: Migration

Neolithic
The period after the Paleolithic that contained the agricultural revolution.

Themes: Agricultural and Pastoral production, Technology

Meso America
A region that includes parts of present day Mexico and much of Central America

Themes: Migration, Patterns of Settlement

Common Era
Years after the birth of Jesus. Shortened to C.E.

Domestication
The act of taming animals for human use.

Theme: Agricultural and Pastoral production

Globalization
Spreading to the whole world, or much of the world.

Themes: Migration, Patterns of Settlement

Deforestation
The destruction of forests over time.

Theme: Interaction between humans and the enviroment

Fertile Crescent
An area of fertile land near and between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Theme: Patterns of Settlement

Colonization
The act of setting up a colony and eventually settling permanently away from one's origin.

Theme: Migration

Pastoralists
People who lived by continuously moving, which allowed their animals to graze and provide resources.

Theme: Agricultural and Pastoral production

Glaciation
The process of glacier forming.

Bantu
Name of related African languages and of the peoples speaking these languages. Located in Central and South Africa.

Themes: Migration, Family and Kinship

Agrarian Societies
Societies that mainly depended on agriculture for food and other resources.

Theme: Agricultural and Pastoral production