Chaper 2 vocab Flashcards
(15 cards)
prehistory
Historians call the time before there was writing prehistory.
hominid
An early ancestor of humans.
ancestor
A relative who lived in the past.
tool
Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task.
Paleolithic Era
The first part of the Stone age is called the Paleolithic Era or years ago.
society
A society is a community of people who share a common culture.
hunter-gathers
Hunter-gatherers are people who hunt animals and gather wild plants,seeds,fruits,and nuts to survive.
migrate
Migrate or move
ice ages
These freezing times are called the ice ages.
land bridge
A land bridge is a strip of land connecting two continents.
Mesolithic Era
Mesolithic Era or the Middle stone age.
Neolithic Era
A new stone age
domestication
The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans is called domestication.
agriculture
Agriculture or farming.
megaliths
Megaliths are huge stones used as monuments.