Prehistory Vocabulary

Which word means the time period before recorded history (before history was written down)?

• prehistory

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Ice Age

Which word means the time period between the New and Old Stone Age, when people lived mostly on hunting and gathering, but had begun to domesticate animals?

• prehistory

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Ice Age

Which word means the time period known as the New Stone Age, when humans first began to develop agriculture (farming)?

• prehistory

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Ice Age

Which word means the time period known as the Old Stone Age, when humans were hunter-gatherers who moved from place to place to survive?

• prehistory

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Ice Age

An early ancestor of humans

• hominid

• society

• children

• megalith

A long period of freezing weather

• prehistory

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Ice Age

a relative who lived in the past

• ancestor

• hominid

• megalith

• society

a community of people who share a common culture

• society

• religion

• ancestors

• hominid

a group of people that survives based on its ability to capture and kill animals and to find and use wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts

• hunter-gatherer

• ancestor

• hominid

• society

a strip of land that connects two continents when sea levels are low

• land bridge

• migration

• tool

• trail