Early Human Vocab quiz

Wheel

• a homo sapien or person.

• A circular object that revolves around an axle, invented in the Stone Age.

• a place where early humans established a community.

Shelter

• a place giving protection from weather and animals.

• a bone or piece of stone found by an archaeologist.

• early humans used caves for shelter, as well as for painting hunting scenes.

Artifact

• Early humans who collected and cooked food, usually women.

• early humans who caught animals for food, usually men.

• a bone or piece of stone found by an archaeologist.

Sabre-Tooth Tiger

• An early animal in the elephant family, known for its thick, shaggy coat, now extinct.

• an early animal in the cat family that had elongated teeth, now extinct.

• a homo sapien or person.

humans who had no permanent home. They traveled from place to place following food sources.

• Nomads

• Hunter

• Gatherer

digging into the ground to look for artifacts.

• Excavate

• Artifact

• Cave

Cave

• early humans used caves for shelter, as well as for painting hunting scenes.

• once early humans learned to make and control fire they were able to use it for light, warmth, and to cook food.

• a place where early humans established a community.

Early stage of development

• Nomads

• Fire

• Primitive

Fire

• Early humans who collected and cooked food, usually women.

• once early humans learned to make and control fire they were able to use it for light, warmth, and to cook food.

• a homo sapien or person.

Settlement

• To move from one land or Habitat to another.

• digging into the ground to look for artifacts.

•  a place where early humans established a community.