General
Who works in Archaeological sites?
Archaeologists
When did the Paleolithic Age started?
It started 5 million years ago.
When did the Neolithic Age start?
10, 000 years ago.
How did the Metal Ages started?
When people learned to use metal.
Where did people trade metals?
Towns
Lighting, avoid the cold, keep wild animals away, and to cook.
The tools people used from this period were made from?
Stone
What did people start doing with animals and plants during Neolithic Age.
They learned to grow food, keep animals and domesticated them.
What were some of the metals that people used?
Copper, Tin, Bronze, and Iron
What were some of the jobs created during this period?
Soldiers and traders.
Where is the most important archaeological site in Spain?
Atapuerca, Burgos
What kind of food did people eat from this period at first?
Raw food
True or False.
People became sedentary during the Neolithic Age.
True, they built small villages.
Where did people melt metals to be shaped into different objects?
Furnaces
What invention made it possible to transport goods easier?
The Wheel
Who did the archaeologists discovered in 2007?
Child of Gran Dolina
True or False?
People did not discover fire during these times.
False, they discovered fire at a later time during this period.
What did people use pot for?
To keep food and cook with.
How did people make bronze during the Metal Ages?
They mixed copper and tin.
What invention helped farmers?
The plough.
What is prehistory? (3 possible answers)
1. It is the oldest and longest period of the past.
2. It started with the first human beings.
3. There are no written records from this period.
What do you call the people from this Age and what is their unique characteristic?
Nomads, they moved from one place to another.
Why did people domesticated animals during the Neolithic Age?
So that they would not have to hunt for food.
What precious metal did people use to make jewelry?
Gold and Silver
What are the three main types of Megalithic Monuments and what are they used for?
1. Menhirs- used for religious purposes.
2. Dolmens- were burial monuments.
3. Cromlechs- used as sanctuaries.