Unit Two Vocab Quiz 6th

An early ancestor of humans that developed in Africa

• Mesolithic Era

• Hominid

• Land Bridge

• Neolithic Era

A strip of land connecting two continents

• Archeologist

• Hominid

• Hunters and Gatherers

• Land Bridge

Early humans who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive

• Hunters and Gatherers

• Land Bridge

• Neolithic Era

• Archeologist

The Old Stone Age→ 

1st time period of Early Humans. Made stone tools to help make life easier.

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Hunters-Gatherers

Middle Stone Age→ 

2nd time period of Early Humans.  Start planting foods & living in groups.

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Hunters-Gatherers

New Stone Age→

3rd time period of Early Humans. Agriculture Revolution.

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Hunters-Gatherers

The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans

• Hominid

• Nomad

• Domestication

• Hunters-Gatherers

Time periods in history where the huge ice glaciers cover the Earth’s surface and cause great migrations of people, animals, and plant life.

• Hunter-Gatherers

• Ice Age

• Agriculture

• Domestication

The process of farming

• Agriculture

• Archeologist

• Nomad

• Domestication

A scientist who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions, and monuments.

• Hominid

• Domestication

• Agriculture

• Archeologist