Technology
Name at least 3 tools invented in the Paleolithic age
Possible answers: Spears, bow and arrow, harpoons, fishhooks, needles, (Inference: axes)
True or false: Hunter-gatherers still live on today
True :)
What is an ice age?
Historical periods in time when glaciers covered much of earth's land
Name at least 1 thing that people painted on caves
Possible answers: hand prints, people, and animals
Name at least 1 man's job and 1 woman's job
Man: Hunting, protecting
Woman: Gathering and tending to children and the camps
The uses of fire (name at least 2)
Possible answers: Chase off animals, cook meat/food, warmth, light
How many members were in each group of hunter-gatherers?
20-30 members
Name the continents people lived on during the ice ages.
All except Antarctica (North and south America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia)
How did early humans make paint?
crushed up yellow, black, and red rocks and combined them with animal fat
The Greek meaning of Paleolithic
The Old Stone Age
The uses of needles
Sew and craft (Making nets, baskets, etc.)
at least 2 items that early humans would gather to eat
Possible answers: Nuts, seeds, fruits, and edible plants
How did people make shelters in the cold climates of the Ice age?
Used hides, caves and made igloos out of ice
What was a important change that happened in the culture of communication?
Developed spoken language
What do archaeologists provide for us?
A record of humans who lived long ago
At least 2 different ways archaeologist believe early humans made fire
1. Take naturally occurring fire
2. Rubbing 2 pieces of wood
3. Iron pyrite (hit against stone)
This question consists of things from the Technology category: what tools were used specifically to hunt fish? (at least 1 answer)
Harpoons and fishhooks (possibly spears)
What 2 continents did the land bridge connect to?
Asia and North America
Where did cave paintings emerge from? (where they were found) (2 answers)
France and Spain
Where did scientists suggest that early humans emerged from?
Eastern Africa (after a 1000 year ice age)
How they made sharp edges
Hitting Flint with a second stone
The name of people who study modern hunter-gatherer groups
Anthropologists
True or false: The sea level rose/increased during the Ice Ages
False; it decreased, creating the land bridge
What are 2 reasons that historians though cave paintings were made?
1. Good luck to hunters
2. created to record group history
3. simply to be enjoyed
What did northern coastal Australia mainly eat?
Meat and fish