Vocabulary
Prehistory
Paleolithic
Neolithic
The Study of History
100

Any invention that helps progress humanity.  

 What is technology?

100

Archaeologists believe that early peoples lived in and migrated from this continent. 

What is Africa

100

Paleolithic people made tools mostly out of this material.

What is stone?

100

The Neolithic age is called this in English. 

What is New Stone Age?

100

The study of fossils is called

What is paleontology?

200

A person who traveled in search of food. 

What is a nomad?

200

A mass movement of people from one area to another, often caused by the search of food. 

 What is migration?

200

During this era people lived in these types of shelters. 

What are temporary shelters?

200

Religion, art, writing and language are collectively called this. 

What is culture?

200

The study of humans and their cultures is called

What is Anthropology?

300

This is the term used to describe farming and the domestication of animals. 

What is Agriculture?

300

This is the most important animal that we have domesticated. 

What are dogs?

300

The paintings found in caves like Chauvet in France are examples of this type of expression.

What is art? 

300

Neolithic people began doing this instead of just hunting and gathering.

What is farming? 

300

Objects made or used by humans, such as tools or pottery, are called

What are artifacts? 

400

A person who travels place to place to find food.

What is a nomad?

400

This was a time that Glaciers covered large areas of land.

What is the Ice Age?

400

People of the Paleolithic Age got food mainly by doing this.

What is hunting and gathering? 

400

This is the term used to describe the taming of animals. 

What is domesticate?

400

This is the study of ancient cultures through the discovery of artifacts. 

What is archeology?

500

The Agricultural revolution allowed people to settle down and create this. 

What is culture?

500

The best and most well preserved examples of cave paintings are found in this country. 

What is France?

500

The most important discovery of the Paleolithic period

What is fire?

500

Farming let people focus on jobs other than food which is called this.

What is specialization?

500

A huge change, sometimes violent, that changes the way people live. 

What is a revolution?

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