Chapter 2

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

An ancestor is a relative who lived in the past.

Question 4

Tool

Answer 4

A tool is any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task.

Question 5

Paleolithic

Answer 5

The first part of the Stone Age, is called the Paleolithic Era, or Old Stone Age.

Question 6

Society

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Hunter-gatherers

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Migrate

Answer 8

to move

Question 9

Ice ages

Answer 9

These freezing times are called the ice ages

Question 10

Land bridge

Answer 10

A strip of land connecting two continents.

Question 11

Mesolithic Era

Answer 11

Or the middle stone age

Question 12

Neolithic Era

Answer 12

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

Farming.

Question 15

Megaliths

Answer 15

Megaliths are huge stones used as monuments.