Prehistory Study Guide

Moving from place to place in search of food

• Ancestors

• Archaeologist

• Paleo

• Nomadic

Someone who studies the past using artifacts and fossils.

• Ancestors

• Archaeologist

• Nomads

• Hunters

Imprint of a former living organism

• Fossils

• Archaeologist

• Ancestor

• Paleo

Choosing whatever occupation you want because you no longer have to scavenge for food.

• Religion

• Neolithic

• Farming

• Job specialization

Man-made material from an older time.

• tools

• canoes

• artifacts

• bows and arrows

Formerly living relative

• Ancestor

• Animals

• Nomads

• Apes

Time period before writing. Otherwise known as the stone age.

• Paleo

• Pre-history

• Neo

• Meso

How did people migrate?

• Flying in an airplane

• By boat

• Over land bridges

• By animals

Neo is a Latin word for what English word?

• middle

• new

• old

Meso is a Latin word for what English word?

• middle

• new

• old