Word Bank
What is nomadic?
Nomadic is someone who wanders or moves
What does Paleolithic mean?
Stone Age
Which innovation enabled early humans to cut down trees?
stone ax
Most American Indian cultures referred to themselves in their own language as the ____.
people
How did they show cooperation?
Trade and communication
What is semi-nomadic?
People who followed herds of large animals.
What was happening during this time?
People were foraging, hunting, and fishing.
Hunter-gatherers changed their landscapes to either encourage or discourage plant growth or to provide habitat for animals they hunted. Which of these systems did early Stone Age people use?
Slash and Burn
What kind of economic system did most Native American tribes have?
Traditional/Trade
How did the bands interact?
leaving one band to marry into another
working together on hunts to take down larger animals
sharing of religious practices
What is megafauna?
Large animals
Where humans domesticating animals at this time?
No.
How did the invention of spears help people living in the Paleolithic period?
They were able to hunt wild animals.
Which type of tribes traded to get the things they needed?
Sedentary and Nomadic
What did they have competition over?
animals
plants
water
What is family groups?
Groups of families
What animals were around during the Paleolithic era?
Wolly Mamoth, dire wolf, sabre tooth tiger
At the end of the last ice age, as glaciers retreated in northern Europe, what caused people to move north into the areas uncovered by the ice sheets?
They were following herds of animals.
Which animal was an extremely valuable resource for all Native American tribes?
Buffalo
Did they use money during this time or have banks?
No, they traded
What is a hunter-gatherer?
A nomadic person
How long ago was this ear?
2.5 million years ago
Which of the following was a significant technological breakthrough that occurred during the Paleolithic era?
Fire.
Tribes that follow herds of animals are called?
Semi-nomadic
What is a human society?
a group of people