Vocab 1 Flashcards
Prehistory
The time before there was writing.
Hominid
An early ancestor of humans.
Tool
Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task.
Paleolithic Era
The first part of the Stone Age.
Society
A community of people who share a common culture.
hunter gatherers
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants,seeds,fruit, and nuts to survive.
Migrate
move to a new place.
Land bridge
A strip of land connecting two continents.
Mesolithic Era
The middle part of the Stone Age, from about 10,000 years ago to about 5,000 years ago.
Neolithic Stone Age
The New Stone Age, which began about 10,000 years ago in Southwest Asia and much later in other places.
Domestication
The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans.
Agriculture
The development of farming form the domestication of plants.
Megaliths
Huge stones used as monuments or sites for religious gatherings.
Ice Age
Geologic period during which thick ice sheets covered vast areas of land