Chapter 2

Question 1

Historians call the time before there was writing

Answer 1

Prehistory

Question 2

An early ancestor of humans

Answer 2

Hominid

Question 3

A relative who lived in the past

Answer 3

Ancestor

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Tool

Question 5

The first part of the Stone Age, or Old Stone Age

Answer 5

Paleolithic Era

Question 6

Is a community of people who share a common culture

Answer 6

Society

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Hunter-gatherers

Question 8

Move to a new place

Answer 8

Migrate

Question 9

The world began to experience ling period of freezing weather

Answer 9

Ice ages

Question 10

A strip of land connecting two continents

Answer 10

Land bridge

Question 11

The Middle Stone Ages

Answer 11

Mesolithic Era

Question 12

New Stone Age

Answer 12

Neolithic Era

Question 13

The process changing plants and animals to make them more useful to humans

Answer 13

Domestication

Question 14

Farming

Answer 14

Agriculture

Question 15

Are huge stones used as monuments

Answer 15

Megaliths