Chapter 2

Question 1

prehistory

Answer 1

Historians call the time before there was writing

Question 2

hominid

Answer 2

an early ancestor of humans

Question 3

ancestor

Answer 3

a relative who lived in the past

Question 4

tool

Answer 4

any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task

Question 5

Paleolithic Era

Answer 5

The first part of the stone age is called the Paleolithic Era or Old Stone Age

Question 6

hunter-gatherers

Answer 6

people who hunt animals and gather wild plants,seeds,fruits,and nuts to survive

Question 7

migrate

Answer 7

move

Question 8

ice ages

Answer 8

these freezing times are called ice ages

Question 9

land bride

Answer 9

a strip of land connecting two continents

Question 10

Mesolithic Era

Answer 10

the middle stone age

Question 11

Neolithic Era

Answer 11

new stone age

Question 12

domenstication

Answer 12

the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans

Question 13

agriculture

Answer 13

farming

Question 14

megaliths

Answer 14

huge stones used as monuments

Question 15

society

Answer 15

a community of people who share a common culture