Early Humans

Question 1

prehistory

Answer 1

the time before their was writing

Question 2

hominid

Answer 2

an early ancestor of humans

Question 3

ancestor

Answer 3

a relative who lived in the past

Question 4

tool

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Paleolithic Era

Answer 5

the first part of the Stone Age

Question 6

hunter-gatherers

Answer 6

people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive

Question 7

society

Answer 7

a community of people who share a common culture

Question 8

ice ages

Answer 8

long periods of freezing weather

Question 9

migrate

Answer 9

move to a new place

Question 10

land bridge

Answer 10

a strip of land connecting two continents

Question 11

Mesolithic Era

Answer 11

the middle part of the Stone Age, from about 10,000 years ago to about 5,000 years ago

Question 12

Neolithic Era

Answer 12

the last Stone Age, lasting from about 10,000 years ago to about 5,000 years ago in Egypt and Southwest Asia and later elsewhere

Question 13

domestication

Answer 13

the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans

Question 14

agriculture

Answer 14

the development of farming from the domestication of plants

Question 15

megaliths

Answer 15

huge stones used as monuments or sites for religious gatherings