Ch 2 Sec 1 Test Flashcards
Historians call the time before there was writing
Prehistory
Early ancestor of humans
Hominid
Is a relative who lived in the past
Ancestor
Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task
Took
The first part of the Stone Age or the Old Stone Age
Paleolithic Era
a community of people who share a common culture
Society
People who hunt animals and gather wild plant seeds fruits and nuts to survive
Hunter gatherers
What can ancient bones tell us about human ancestors
They can teach us about human development in early human physical appearance
How was Homo erectus different from Homo habilis
Unlike Homo habilis Houma erectus walk to completely upright and could control fire
How did tools improve during the old Stone Age
People learn to use split to make tools in to attach wooden handles to the tools
To move to a new place
Migrate
Ice ages
The world began to experience long periods of freezing weather.
A strip of land connecting two continents
Land bridge
The Middle Stone Age
Mesolithic Era
How did the Ice Age influence human migration
Allowed people across America is on
a land bridge