Paleolithic Times
Neolithic Times
Other
Lifestyle or Daily Life
Emergence of Agriculture
100
These are people who move from place to place.
What are Nomads?
100

As Neolithic villages grew what became necessary to maintain order and create a stable society?

government

100

Where did humans originate and first settle?

Africa

100

During this time period, people hunted large game and gathered berries, nuts, and other food items.

What was the Paleolithic time period, or Old Stone Age?

100
Taming of animals and plants for human use
What is Domestication?
200

Give two ways the Paleolithic people used animal skins

clothing

tents

200
During the Neolithic time period, humans continued to make weapons and tools from this.
What are stones?
200

What caused the biggest change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras?

Agriculture / Farming

200
Name two ways fire changed the lives of Early Humans.
What is they used fire to heat, cook, for light, to scare away animals, and to smoke meat?
200

How did farming change how people lived? Provide 2 ways.

Sedentary/ stay in one place

Steady food supply

villages and settlements

300
Early humans showed scenes of their life and world by creating images of these.
What are cave paintings?
300

Neo means

New

300

Provide three ways agriculture changed how humans lived

Steady food supply

Stay in one place


Permanent settlements

Specialized Jobs

Population Growth

Government

300

What does lithic mean?

Stone

300
Once people had enough to feed their village they began to exchange their extra goods with other villages which is called this.
What is trade?
400
Early humans made this discovery which forever changed their life.
What is fire?
400

To settle and remain in one place is to be

sedentary

400

What allowed humans to begin working together?

language

400
Early humans found shelter in these.
What are caves?
400

In order to get more work accomplished, people began to divide up jobs which is known as this.

What is specialization?

500

Early humans traveled in groups called this to make hunting and gathering easier.

What are tribes or small groups?

500

The greatest effect the emergence of agriculture had on early societies was

population growth

500

The period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras

Mesolithic

500

Early humans had to survive times of extreme cold from about 100,000 BC until 8000 BC which is known as this time period.

What are the Ice Ages?

500

Most early humans settled down near geographic feature.

What are rivers?

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