🧠Vocabulary Time!
This term means “Old Stone Age,” when people hunted and gathered for food.
What is the Paleolithic Era?
Early humans first migrated out of this continent.
What is Africa?
What is one main difference between hunter-gatherers and farmers?
Hunters moved often; farmers stayed in one place.
What were early stone tools mostly used for?
Cutting meat, breaking bones, or scraping hides.
An object made by humans that teaches us about their past is called a what?
What is an artifact?
This word describes a person who moves from place to place in search of food.
What is a nomad?
Name one way early humans adapted to colder environments.
What is by making clothing or building shelters?
Farming allowed early people to form these for the first time.
What are permanent villages?
The improvement of tools from stone to metal marked the end of which age?
What is the Stone Age?
Cave paintings were used to communicate and share this.
What are stories or experiences?
This era is known for the beginning of farming and domestication.
What is the Neolithic Era?
The main reason early humans migrated was to find this.
What is food and better living conditions?
How did farming change food supply compared to hunting and gathering?
It made food more reliable and available year-round.
The act of creating new tools to solve problems is called this.
What is innovation or invention?
The shift from hunting to farming is known as what?
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
400
This word means to train animals for human use.
What is domestication?
Early humans used fire for three key things—name two of them.
What is cooking, warmth, protection, or light?
What is one way early humans worked together to survive?
They hunted in groups or shared food and tools.
Why were tools important for survival?
They made tasks easier—like hunting, cutting, or building.
How do archaeologists use artifacts as evidence?
They analyze them to learn how people lived and adapted.
The process of people moving from one place to another for survival is called this.
What is migration?
As humans migrated, they developed new ways of living. What’s one example of this adaptation?
What is creating tools, language, or art to survive in new areas?
Which invention or skill do you think changed life the most, and why?
(Accept varied answers: fire, tools, farming, etc.)
What does “toolmaking” tell us about early humans’ intelligence?
That they could think ahead and solve problems creatively.
How can studying early humans teach us empathy today?
By helping us see their challenges and appreciate human resilience.