Old Stone Age
People who migrated often and did not have a permanent home.
What is a nomad?
What does “Mesolithic” mean?
a bridge between the Paleolithic and Neolithic era which is also called the middle age
What does “Neolithic” mean?
New Stone Age
It was difficult to find food so a hunter became a .....
herders
What is a hunter-gatherer?
Someone who survives by hunting animals and gathering plants.
They had to go out and seek plants, fruits and more.
What is a gatherer?
What new tool appeared during this period? for hunting
Bow and Arrow
What major discovery changed human life in this era?
Farming (Agriculture Revolution)
What did prehistoric people often paint on cave walls?
Animals and hunting scenes.
How did farming change human societies?
It allowed permanent settlements.
They often had to track and kill their food.
What is a hunter?
They discovered how to grow plants by using.......
seeds?
This is what we call animals that are tamed and raised for food.
domesticated
What materials did they use for paint?
Natural pigments like ochre, charcoal, and minerals.
Which crop was one of the first to be farmed?
Wheat or barley.
Why were people nomadic during the Paleolithic Age?
They moved often to follow animals and food sources.
How did Mesolithic people start to control their environment?
By domesticating animals and fishing.
Another name for agriculture.
farming
A way of painting to communicate how they lived.
cave painting
How did farming lead to the development of civilizations?
Food surpluses → specialization of jobs → growth of towns → complex societies.
What kind of tools did they use?
Simple stone tools.
What was one important change between the Paleolithic and Mesolithic ages?
People began settling for longer periods and using advanced tools.
What was one effect of food surpluses in the Neolithic Age?
Population growth and the rise of early civilizations.
Where are some of the oldest cave paintings found?
Chauvet Cave, Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain.
What is domestication?
Taming plants and animals for human use.