Stone Ages Vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
fist hatchet | early shaped tool, also called a hand-ax, one end had a cutting edge and the other end was shaped to fit a person's hand |
spear thrower | device that made spears fly through the air faster and farther |
pitfalls | large hole covered with branches, leaves, and earth used for trapping large animals |
bands | prehistoric groups that gathered food and lived together |
home territory | area where hunters and food gatherers lived |
migrate | to move from one place to another |
flint | hard stone used by early people to make tools |
mammoth | hairy elephant |
Neanderthal | a group of homo sapiens that hunted and gathered food and made tools; from Europe, Asia, and Africa |
Cro-Magnon | a group of homo sapiens that were skillful toolmakers, hunted and gathered tools, and made cave paintings; ancestors of modern man |
domesticated | tamed |
specialization | development of occupations |
Paleolithic Age | time beginning about 2.5 million years ago with the introduction of stone tools by Homo habilis and ending with the introduction of agriculture around 8000 BC |
Neolithic Age | period beginning around 8000 BC with the discovery of agriculture and ending with the development of metal tools |
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