Chapter Test Vocabulary

Question 0

Movement of people from one place to another

Answer 0

Migration

Question 1

to become an inhabitant of a place

Answer 1

Populate

Question 2

Surroundings

Answer 2

Environment

Question 3

Change

Answer 3

Adapt

Question 4

Groups of families with a common ancestor

Answer 4

Clans

Question 5

Belief that the natural world is filled with spirits

Answer 5

Animism

Question 6

person who lives by hunting animals and gathering plants

Answer 6

Hunter-Gatherer

Question 7

tools and skills people use to meet their needs and wants

Answer 7

Technology

Question 8

person who moves from place to place without a permanent home

Answer 8

Nomad

Question 9

beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group of people

Answer 9

Culture

Question 10

study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture

Answer 10

Anthropology

Question 11

scientist who studies human life in the past by examining the things that people left behind

Answer 11

Archeologist

Question 12

time before humans invented writing

Answer 12

Prehistory

Question 13

preserved remains of ancient human, animal, or plant

Answer 13

Fossil

Question 14

scientist who studies the physical materials of the Earth itself, such as soil and rocks

Answer 14

Geologist

Question 15

object made by a human being

Answer 15

Artifact