Eating habits
When did dinosaurs disappear?
62 million years before the first people walked on the Earth.
How did prehistoric people hunt and fish at the beginning?
Using their hands.
What object did prehistoric people use as a first hammer?
They used rocks.
Describe a mammoth.
It was a huge animal similar to an elephant with long curvy tusks. They were wooly.
What were the first metals used to make tools?
Gold and copper.
What did hunter-gatherers eat?
Plants, nuts, fruit, shellfish and any animals they could catch and kill.
What tools did prehistoric people use to hunt? Mention 2.
They used bows and arrows and spears.
Did prehistoric people use wood clubs?
Yes, but they had far better weapons.
What did mammoths use their tusks for?
To clear away sknow and dig up plants to eat.
Why wasn't gold used for making weapons?
Because it was too soft.
What type of consumers were prehistoric people?
Omnivores.
What weapons did prehistoric people use to fish? Mention 2.
Spears and nets.
What materials did prehistoric people use to make tools in the Stone Age?
How did mammoths survive to cold temperatures?
Thanks to their wool and fat.
Why was bronze a good material to use?
Because it was strong but easy to shape.
Reindeer and mammoths.
What weapons or tools did prehistoric people use to cut up the meat?
They used knives and axes.
What type of stone did prehistoric people use to make a stone blade?
They used flint.
What were mammoth hunted for?
They were hunted for food. Their bones were used for building houses and making tools. Their skin was used for clothes.
What materials did prehistoric people use to make pots?
Metals and clay (most of them were made out of clay)
How do we know what prehistoric people ate?
What did prehistoric people do with the flesh, skin and bones of a dead animal?
The flesh was eaten, the skin was worn and the bones were used for tools.
Mention 5 tools and what they were used for.
1. Perforator: to make holes in animal skin.
2. Arrowhead: it was the tip of and arrow. They used them to kill animals.
3. A harpoon head: it was the tip of a harpoon. They used it to fish.
4. Sickle: to cut crops.
5. Knife: to cut up animal's meat.
When did the last mammoths die?
Over 10000 years ago.
What was a loom?
It was a very simple machine used to turn wool into cloth.