Chapter 2

Question 1

prehistory

Answer 1

Historians call the time before there was writing

Question 2

hominid

Answer 2

an early ancestor of humans

Question 3

ancestor

Answer 3

is a relative who lived in the past

Question 4

tool

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Paleoithic Era

Answer 5

the first part of the Stone Age is called the Paleolithic Era or Old Stoen Age

Question 6

society

Answer 6

a society is a community of people who share 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

migrate or 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

Mesolithic Era or the Middle Stone Age

Question 12

Neolithic Era

Answer 12

Neolithic Era or 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

are huge stones used as monuments