Chaper 2 vocab

Question 1

prehistory

Answer 1

Historians call the time before there was writing prehistory.

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 years ago.

Question 6

society

Answer 6

A society is a community of people who share a common culture.

Question 7

hunter-gathers

Answer 7

Hunter-gatherers are people who hunt animals and gather wild plants,seeds,fruits,and nuts to survive.

Question 8

migrate

Answer 8

Migrate or move

Question 9

ice ages

Answer 9

These freezing times are called the ice ages.

Question 10

land bridge

Answer 10

A land bridge is a strip of land connecting two continents.

Question 11

Mesolithic Era

Answer 11

Mesolithic Era or the Middle stone age.

Question 12

Neolithic Era

Answer 12

A new stone age

Question 13

domestication

Answer 13

The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans is called domestication.

Question 14

agriculture

Answer 14

Agriculture or farming.

Question 15

megaliths

Answer 15

Megaliths are huge stones used as monuments.