Chapter 2.2 - Early Human Migration Flashcards
Ice Ages
A time where there were long periods of cold
Migrate
To move places
Land bridge
A strip of land connecting continents
Mesolithic Era
The Middle Stone Age
How long did it take humans to migrate around the world?
About 90,000 years long.
How did the Ice Ages influence migration?
The weather was too cold, and animals started to leave, so humans started to migrate through land bridges around the world.
How did people adapt to new environments?
It took a long time, but the humans learned about new food, plants, weather, and animals.
Explain how tools & shelters are different in the Mesolithic Era than the Paleolithic Era.
The tools used to be just rocks, but they started to use stone in certain shapes. The shelters were built out of materials, and weren’t made from caves.
