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100

What is another name for the Paleolithic Era?

The old stone age.

100

What is the role of a hunter-gatherer?

Someone who gets their food by killing wild animals and collecting wild fruit, vegetables, and nuts.

100

What is pre-history?

The period of time before humans had a written language.
100

What is the definition of culture?

The way of life shared by a group of people.

200

What do BCE and CE stand for?

Before Common Era and Common Era.

200

What is a nomad?

Someone who frequently moves from place to place.

200

What is a primary source?

A first hand account or artifact from someone who was present during the event.

200

What is technology?

The way in which people apply knowledge to meet their needs.

300
How did the Paleolithic people survive?

By hunting and gathering food.

300

Why were the early humans nomads?

Because they followed animals in search of food.

300

What is a secondary source?

A second hand account of an event from someone who was not present.

300

What is the meaning of characteristic?

A trait, quality, or property that describes something.

400

When was the Paleolithic Era?

2,000,000 BCE to 9,000 BCE

400

What did Paleolithic people use for houses?

It depended on their environment, some used caves and rock shelters. People who lived on plains or in desert areas may have made shelters out of branches, plant fibers, or animal skins.

400

What are artifacts?

Things that were made or modified by humans

400

How did early people get to to the American continents from Africa?

They crossed the land bridge between Alaska and Siberia.

500

What is an effect that hunting and gathering has on the environment and how does this effect the people who are hunting and gathering?

When they eat all the food in an area then there is not more of that food.  As a result, they need to move to a different area in search of more food. 

500

What is one type of technology from the reading that was used in the Paleolithic Era?

Mattock, Ax, or Harpoon

500

Name one primary source that we learned about that helps archeologists learn about life in the Paleolithic Era.

Artifacts (like tools) and cave drawings.

500

What are the seven aspects of culture?

Social organization, language, customs and traditions, arts and literature, religion, form of government, economic system

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