Ch. 2 Vocabulary

For which word is this the definition: the period of time before written records

• prehistory

• society

• agriculture

• Neolithic Era

For which word is this the definition: An early ancestor of humans

• ancestor

• prehistory

• ice ages

• hominid

For what word is this the definition: A relative who lived in the past

• agriculture

• Paleolithic Era

• hominid

• ancestor

For what word is this the definition: an object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task

• domesticate

• land bridge

• tool

• migrate

For what word is this the definition: A community of people who share a common culture

• ancestor

• prehistory

• agriculture

• society

For what word is this the definition: People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive

• hominid

• hunter-gatherer

• ancestor

• land bridge

For what word is this the definition: to move from one place to another

• prehistory

• domesticate

• tool

• migrate

For what word is this the definition: long periods of freezing weather

• land bridge

• ice age

• Neolithic Era

• homind

For what word is this the definition: a strip of land connecting two continents

• land bridge

• ancestor

• Paleolithic Era

• tool

For what word is this the definition: the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans

• prehistory

• agriculture

• land bridge

• domestication