Chapter 1 Vocabulary

What is the meaning of the word "hominins"?

• able to walk on two legs

• a group of closely related species

• a group consisting of humans and their extinct ancestors

• people who moved from place to place as a group to find food

What is the meaning of the word "fossil"?

• plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time

• the use of advanced methods to solve problems; an ability gained by the practical use of knowledge

• relating to the latest period of the Stone Age

• a way of doing something; a procedure or process

What is the meaning of the word "bipedal"?

• ready to be used

• to build by putting parts together; to build; to create

• able to walk on two legs

• the organized growing of food on a regular schedule

What is the meaning of the word "genus"?

• a group of closely related species

• a group consisting of humans and their extinct ancestors

• a complete change

• the use of advanced methods to solve problems; an ability gained by the practical use of knowledge

What is the meaning of the word "transformation"?

• to build by putting parts together; to build; to create

• a time when glaciers covered much of the land

• a complete change

• always happening

What is the meaning of the word "Paleolithic"?

• to build by putting parts together; to build; to create

• relating to the latest period of the Stone Age

• the system in a country that involves making, bing, and selling goods

• relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age

What is the meaning of the word "nomads"?

• a group of closely related species

• people who moved from place to place as a group to find food

• able to walk on two legs

• a group consisting of humans and their extinct ancestors

What is the meaning of the word "method"?

• the use of advanced methods to solve problems; an ability gained by the practical use of knowledge

• to share information with someone; to exchange knowledge or information

• a way of doing something; a procedure or process

• the system in a country that involves making, buying, and selling goods

What is the meaning of the word "technology"?

• the use of advanced methods to solve problems; an ability gained by the practical use of knowledge

• to share information with someone; to exchange knowledge or information

• a way of doing something; a procedure or process

• to adapt an animal to live with humans for the advantage of the humans

What is the meaning of the word "available"?

• always happening

• ready to be used

• a way of doing something; a procedure or process

• a complete change