Prehistory Crossword
Across
- 2. A person who regularly moves from place to place, typically in search of food and resources, with no permanent home.
- 8. A person or society that obtains food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts.
- 9. A period marked by the development of agriculture, domestication of animals, polished stone tools, and the establishment of permanent settlements. Also known as the New Stone Age.
- 10. The significant shift in human history from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a settled agricultural way of life, leading to the development of village and civilizations.
Down
- 1. A transitional period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages, where hunter-gatherer societies adapted to new environments and developed more varied tools. Also known as the Middle Stone Age.
- 3. The process of taming wild animals and cultivating wild plants for human use, leading to agriculture.
- 4. The earliest and longest period of human history, characterized by the use of simple chipped stone tools and a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Also known as the Old Stone Age.
- 5. A period of time in Earth's history during which large parts of the Earth were covered by glaciers.
- 6. The period of human history before the invention of writing systems.
- 7. A broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools with a sharp edge, a point, or a percussion surface.