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AH - Unit 2
The Stone Age
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prehistory | the time before there was writing |
| Ancestor | a relative who lived in the past |
| Hominid | an early ancestor of humans |
| Paleolithic Era | the first part of the Stone Age; when people first used stone tools |
| Tool | an object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task |
| Hunter-Gatherer | people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive |
| Mesolithic Era | the middle part of the Stone Age; marked by the creation of smaller and more complex tools |
| Land Bridge | a strip of land connecting two continents |
| Ice Age | long periods of freezing weather |
| Migrate | to move to a new place |
| Domestication | the process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans |
| Neolithic Era | the New Stone Age; when people learned to make fire and tools like saws and drills |
| Agriculture | Farming |
| Megalith | huge stone monument |