Early Man Vocabulary

The period of history between the first stone tools and the beginning of recorded written history (before written history) is known as (a)   .

• prehistory

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

• Ice Age

This term best describes the way in which early humans during the Paleolithic Age obtained their food: (a)  

• nomad

• agriculture

• settlement

• hunter-gatherer

The movement of people from one place to another is called: (a)   .

• nomad

• innovation

• migration

• domestication

The period of human history characterized by the use of stone tools and hunting and gathering as a food source is known as: (a)   .

• Ice Age

• Prehistory

• Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)

• Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)

The production of food by preparing the land to grow crops is called: (a)  

• innovation

• agriculture

• cultivation

• domestication

(a)   refers to the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans.

• innovation

• agriculture

• domestication

• cultivation

Farming, including the cultivation of the soil for growing crops and raising animals to provide food and other products, is known as (a)   .

• innovation

• agriculture

• cultivation

• domestication

A member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering from place to place in search of food and water is known as a (a)   .

• settlement

• hunter-gatherer

• domestication

• nomad

A small, permanent community or village of people is called a (a)   .

• technology

• revolution

• settlement

• nomad

Using knowledge to invent new devices or to make life easier. (a)  

• innovation

• technology

• revolution

• cultivation