| Account | A record or description of past events. |
| Archaeology | The study of pre-historic people and their culture. |
| Banished | Forced to leave a place as a punishment. |
| Colonialist | Someone who believes in colonialism, which is the use of a weaker country's resources by a stronger country to make itself stronger. |
| Coral reefs | A ridge close to the surface of the sea that is made up of the skeletons of small sea creatures. |
| Custom | An activity or action that has been established for a long time. |
| Democracy | A political system where the citizens of a country choose their representatives by voting. |
| Ecosystem | A group of different elements or organisms that make up a community that interacts with its environment. |
| Endangered | In danger of being extinct. |
| Epic poems | Long, story-like poems about a person or events. |
| Excavated | Opened up by digging. |
| Exiled | Forced to leave a place as punishment. |
| Fossil | The remains or impression of a plant or animal that has been excavated from the ground. |
| Generation | All people who are roughly the same age or who are living at the same time. |
| Hectare | An area of 10 000 square metres. |
| Hominid | Humans and human-like creatures. |
| Iron-age | A period after the bronze-age where iron tools and weapons were used. |
| Lepers | People who have leprosy, which is an infectious disease that affects the nerves. |
| Lime | A chemical substance that burns flesh. It is obtained from heating limestone. |
| Lush | When something is present in great amounts. |
| Marsh | A wet area between land and water with grassy plants. |
| Microfauna | Very small animals. |
| Oppression | Being kept down by unfair use of authority or force or leaving a place willingly because of disagreement. |
| Practice | Something that is done regularly or as a habit. |
| Pre-historic | Something that existed before history was recorded. |
| Prospector | Someone who explores an area for mineral deposits. |
| Reciting | Give a verbal repetition of a poem that has been memorised. |
| Stone-age | The earliest known period of human culture. It is called the stone-age because these people used stone tools. |
| Tradition | Customs and beliefs that are handed down from generation to generation. |