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Tools!
Early Paleolithic
Late Paleolithic
Neolithic Era
100

Historians call the time before there was writing

prehistory

100

The location of the oldest tools

Africa

100

The place where early man took shelter

What is a cave

100
The shelter of the late paleolithic man was made of...
What is mammoth bone and hide
100

Early humans used what tool to help dig holes to plant wheat?

Hoe

200

Any handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task.

tool

200

Scientists believe that the first tools were used to...

process food and hunt

200

Paleolithic people realized that by attaching a rock to a stick created what tool?

Hammer

200
Hunters no longer had to stand close to the animals they were hunting because of these tools...
What are spear or bow and arrow
200

People who study past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts are called?

Archeologist

300

An early ancestor of humans

hominid

300

People use this to break limbs, dig, and to cut animal hides.

hand ax

300

These people not only hunted but also...

What is gathered

300
The late paleolithic man used this or warmth and to cook food
What is fire
300

What region is located between the Euphrates and Tigris river?

Mesopotamia

400

A way to bring water to crops?

Irrigation 

400

What Materials are used to make tools

Stone, Bones, and Wood

400

A group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land

What is a nomad

400

For 400 points, act like a monkey

monkey

400

What is the oldest civilization?

Sumer

500
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts to survive
What is a hunter-gatherer
500

What is the most important discovery in the Paleolithic Era?

Fire

500

Who are ancestors of human?

Hominids

500

What year did the Paleolithic era begin and end?


2.5 million years to 10,000 BC

500

To tame wild animals is called?

Domesticate