Prehistoric Times Vocab

A person who digs in Earth's dirt to find artifacts and evidence of how early humans lived.

• archaeologist

• geologist

• astrologist

• farmers

Things made of stone, bones and sticks by early humans. (They used these things to help them survive.)

• crops

• prehistoric tools

• dynamite

• computers

Containers made of a kind of mud that prehistoric humans molded to hold and store food and liquids.

• prehistoric clay bowls

• metal bowls

• plastic bowls

An earlier period in prehistoric times when humans wandered around daily looking for any food they could find. (This period is known for its stone tools.)

• Renaissance Period

• Middle Ages

• Old Stone Age

• 21st Century

The later period in prehistoric times when humans learned simple farming methods which gave them good food and allowed them to start living together in villages.

• Renaissance Period

• Middle Ages

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

Openings in rocks and hillsides used as shelters by early humans.

• plateaus

• caves

• mountain peaks

• deserts

Animals that are taught to work and follow directions from humans that are often found on farms.

• pets

• wild animals

• domesticated (tamed) animals

• zoo animals

Plants that were grown to be eaten by prehistoric humans.

• meat

• cheese

• candy

• vegetables

Prehistoric people who learned to plant seeds and grow food. They no longer had to hunt and gather all of their food.

• Prehistoric Farmers

• Prehistoric Scientists

• archaeologists

• geologists

Small groups, or communities, of prehistoric people who work and live together in an area to survive and grow.

• Prehistoric Research Teams

• Prehistoric Farming Villages

• Polyhedra Villages

• Ratio Villages