Chapter 2 Section 1 Vocabulary

The time before writing

• hominid

• prehistory

• ancestor

• history

An early ancestor of humans

• society

• tools

• hominids

• Paleolithic Era

Is a relative that lived in the past

• ancestor

• society

• Paleolithic Era

• tools

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

• prehistory

• hominid

• ancestor

• tool

The old stone age

• Neolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

A community of people who share a common culture

• society

• tools

• prehistory

• Paleolithic Era

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

• hunter-gatherer

• prehistory

• tool

• Paleolithic Era

Name means “Southern aope”

*Walked on two legs

• Homo habilis

• Homo erectus

• Australopithecus

• Homo sapiens

Name means “upright man”

*Used early stone tools: the hand ax

*Learned to control fire

• Homo erectus

• Homo habilis

• Australopithecus

• Homo sapiens

Name means “handy man”

*Used early stone tools for chopping and scraping

• Homo erectus

• Homo habilis

• Australopithecus

• Homo sapiens