Paleolithic
What is the paleolithic age also known as?
Old Stone Age
Which is NOT an example of hunter-gatherer technology: spears, arrows, plow
People during this time period were no longer nomadic, but were what?
Sedentary
What was the main job of early governments?
To make the community safe and stable; create laws
"Neo" means what?
New
What word describes people that move, or migrate, in search of food?
Nomadic
This word describes the main difference between the types of stones used in the neolithic age compared to the paleolithic age.
polished
What development of the neolithic age greatly changed peoples lives?
Farming
Religion is a set of _________, values, and practices.
beliefs
"-lithic" means what?
Stone
What type of art did people in the paleolithic time period create?
Cave art
This was the way that people during the paleolithic age obtained food...
Hunting & gathering
What was a negative aspect to living in close quarters in villages?
Disease or spread of germs and illness
This was developed once people began to need to keep records of supplies as well as trades.
Writing
This is the name of the oldest hominoid ever found... The scientific name is Australopithecus afarensis.
Lucy
What was the big discovery that was made during the paleolithic time?
Fire
A hand axe or hammerstone are examples of tools from which age?
Paleolithic
Sheep and goats were the first animals to be ____________ by humans.
domesticated
This characteristic of a civilization helped people express themselves and showed what was important to them.
Which age had an unhealthier lifestyle and shorter lives?
Neolithic... Sedentary... Grain diet... More children... Disease in close quarters...
True or false: during the paleolithic age, there was no such thing as private property.
true
Looms helped hominids in the neolithic age to create this.
Woven clothing
This invention was used to store and cook food.
Pottery
This characteristic is a broad group in a society having common economic, cultural, or political status.
Social Classes
Prehistory is all of time before what?
Writing