Stone Age
What were the three periods of the Stone Age?
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic
What does Paleolithic mean?
Old Stone Age
What two metals were combined to make bronze?
Copper and tin
What metal gives the Iron Age its name?
Iron
I lived in caves, hunted animals, gathered plants, and used stone tools.
Paleolithic
What two main activities did Paleolithic people use to get food?
Hunting and gathering
What does Neolithic mean?
New Stone Age
What material began replacing stone for tools and weapons?
Bronze
What happened to tools and weapons during the Iron Age?
Iron/steel tools and weapons were increasingly produced.
Agriculture was beginning, and people started forming more permanent villages.
Mesolithic
What did early humans use to cook animals?
Controlled fire
During which period was agriculture introduced?
Mesolithic Period
Name two important innovations associated with the Bronze Age.
The wheel and ox-drawn plow
Name two types of large structures built during this period.
Palaces, temples, hill forts, or four-room homes. (Any two.)
I domesticated animals, grew cereal grains, and made pottery.
Neolithic
Name two materials early humans used to make tools.
Stone and bone
What happened to settlements as agriculture developed?
People began living in more permanent villages.
What type of homes became common during this period?
Roundhouses
What improvements were made to cities?
Paved/cobblestone streets, planned blocks of homes, and water systems.
People used copper and tin to create stronger tools and weapons.
Bronze Age
What major lifestyle change occurred during the Stone Age?
People changed from hunting and gathering to farming and food production.
Name three advancements of the Neolithic Period.
Farming, pottery, sewing, weaving, improved tools, permanent homes, or animal domestication.
Name three major developments in society during the Bronze Age
Organized government, law, warfare, religion, writing, cities, architecture, or art. (Any three.)
What development helped move people toward the Early Historical Period?
Writing systems and written documentation, including alphabets
Cities had planned streets and water systems, while alphabets and written records developed.
Iron Age