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Mr. Hooker
Early Humankind Vocabulary
1. prehistory:
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2. hominid:
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3. ancestor:
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4. tool:
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5. Paleolithic Era:
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6. society:
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7. hunter-gatherers:
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8. migrate:
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9. ice ages:
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10. land bridge:
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11. Mesolithic Era:
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12. Neolithic Era:
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13. domestication:
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14. agriculture:
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15. megaliths:
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Early Humankind Vocabulary Answer Key
1. prehistory: what historians call the time before there was writing
2. homid: an early ancestor of humans
3. ancestor: a relative who lived in the past
4. tool: any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a
task
5. Paleolithic Era: the first part of the Stone Age (or Old Stone Age)
6. society: a community of people who share a common culture
7. hunter-gatherers: people who hunt animals and gather wild plant, seeds, fruits,
and nuts to survive.
8. migrate: move
9. ice ages: when places around the world began to experience long periods of
freezing weather
10. land bridge: a strip of land connecting two continents
11. Mesolithic Era: the Middle Stone Agee where people adapted to new
environments with new types of tools
12. Neolithic Era: the New Stone Age that began as early as 10,000 years ago in
Southwest Asia
13. domestication: process of changing plants or animals to make them more
useful to humans
14. agriculture: farming
15. Megaliths: huge stones used as monuments