Prehistory Vocab

What do you call the time period before writing was invented?

• Prehistory

• Archaeology

• technology

• nomads

What is it called when you use the application of science and engineering to create tools that improve quality of life?

• tecnology

• tools

• Stone Ages

• agriculture

What do you call a handheld object that is designed to help complete a specific task?

• Neolithic Era

• Prehistory

• domestication

• tool

What do we call the period of time where humans invented and primarily used stone tools?

• Agricultural Revolution

• Stone Age

• hunter-gatherers

• technology

What is another name for the "Old Stone Age"?

• Neolithic Era

• domestication

• Paleolithic Era

• nomads

What do we call the "New Stone Age"?

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Agricultural Revolution

• technology

What's another name for people who hunt animals and gather wild plants for food?

• agriculture

• domestication

• tools

• hunter-gatherers

What do we call people without a permanent home who move from place to place?

• Prehistory

• agriculture

• Neolithic Era

• nomads

What is the process called that changes plants or animals to make them more useful to humans?

• domestication

• nomads

• technology

• Neolithic Era

What do we call the process of farming?

• technology

• agriculture

• nomads

• hunter-gatherers