Topic 1: Early Man and Paleolithic Vocabulary Quiz

The period of the Stone Age associated with the evolution of humans. It predates the Neolithic period.

• Paleolithic

• New Stone Age

• Nomadic Age

• Early People Age

a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.

• Villager

• Early Man

• Nomads

• Travelers

The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

• Farming

• Technology

• Invention

• Animals

a large terrestrial mammal that went extinct during the most recent ice age; closest living relative is the Asian elephant

• Saber Tooth Tiger

• Dinosaur

• Squirrel

• Wooly Mammoth

To make known; to give or exchange information

A period of extremely cold temperatures when part of the planet's surface was covered with massive ice sheets.

to tame; to bring plants or animals under human control

• train

• domesticate

• pets

• decoration

"New Stone Age"; About 10,000 years ago marked by advances in the production of stone tools. Shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture

• Mesozoic Era

• Paleolithic Age

• Stone Age

• Neolithic Age

organized growing of food on a regular schedule, allowing people to produce an abundant supply of food

• animals

• Systematic agriculture/ farming

• domestication

• grocery stores

Focusing work effort on a particular product or a single task

• gathering

• hunting

• jobs

• specialization