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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prehistory | time before writing |
| hominid | early ancestor of humans |
| ancestor | relative who lived in the past |
| tool | any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task |
| Paleolithic Era | the first part of the Stone Age |
| society | group of people who share a common culture |
| hunters-gatherers | people who hunt animals and gather wild plants seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive |
| nomads | early people, did not have a permenant home, wandered |
| Ice Age | a period of freezing times |
| migration | to move |
| division of labor | as groups grew, people began to specialize in a specific task |
| Africa | continent in which man first lived |
| agriculture | growing of plants and raising animals for food |
| domesticate | to change plants or animals to make them more useful to humans |
| land bridge | a strip of land connecting two continents |
| irrigation | process of supplying water to grow plants and take care of animals |
| Mesolithic Era | Middle Stone Age |
| Neolithic Era | New Stone Age |
| megaliths | huge stones used as monuments |