Paleolithic Era
What was fire used for?
Cave art is also known as...
What is hieroglyphics.
What materials were homes in permanent settlements made of?
What are bricks, mud, and wood.
What plant was used to make material for scribes to write on?
What is papyrus.
Who are the highest of the social heiarchy?
What are Pharaohs.
What type of tools did people us in the Paleolithic Era?
What is an example of food eaten in the Paleolithic Era?
What is wheat, and barley.
What are examples of domesticated animals in settlements?
What are cows, sheep, goat.
What are scribes?
What are people who trained to write hieroglyphics.
Who are the lowest of the social heiarchy?
What are farmers and slaves.
True or False: In the Paleolithic Era, people lived in large groups.
False
How did tools become better?
They were polished and sharpened.
What was the development of pottery used for?
What is store food and water more effectively.
What did scribes not have to do?
What is pay taxes or be in the army.
True or false, use of gemstones are a characteristic of a civilization.
What is false.
What was the life-style in this age?
What is hunter-gatherers.
What were the highest people in a social hierarchy called?
What are Pharaohs.
What could symbols represent?
What are sounds and letters.
What is an example of a middle ground person in a social heiarchy?
What are scribes and/or merchants.
Explain the downsides of Paleolithic life.
Teacher Decides
Give me 3 advancements from the Paleolithic Era.
Teacher Decides (tools, agriculture, plants, etc.)
Give me 3 characteristics of a civilization.
What are
- permanent settlements
- domesticated animals
- social hierarchy
- record keeping
- use of pottery
What are hieroglyphics? Give me the B.C time and you get automatic points.
A very old form of writing that they starting using as early as 3000 B.C.
What is an example of permanent civilizations?
What are villages, towns, etc.