Vocab 1

Question 1

Prehistory

Answer 1

The time before there was writing.

Question 2

Hominid

Answer 2

An early ancestor of humans.

Question 3

Tool

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Paleolithic Era

Answer 4

The first part of the Stone Age.

Question 5

Society

Answer 5

A community of people who share a common culture.

Question 6

hunter gatherers

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Migrate

Answer 7

move to a new place.

Question 8

Land bridge

Answer 8

A strip of land connecting two continents.

Question 9

Mesolithic Era

Answer 9

The middle part of the Stone Age, from about 10,000 years ago to about 5,000 years ago.

Question 10

Neolithic Stone Age

Answer 10

The New Stone Age, which began about 10,000 years ago in Southwest Asia and much later in other places.

Question 11

Domestication

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Agriculture

Answer 12

The development of farming form the domestication of plants.

Question 13

Megaliths

Answer 13

Huge stones used as monuments or sites for religious gatherings.

Question 14

Ice Age

Answer 14

Geologic period during which thick ice sheets covered vast areas of land