Old Stone Age
What is the name of the people who moved from place to place?
Nomads
What eventually replaced hunting and gathering?
Farming
What did the "gatherers" bring back to their people to eat?
Berries, roots, plants
What was usually shown in Cave Paintings?
Animals
What happened to ocean levels when the Ice Age ended?
They rose
What was the time period where there were the earth was much colder called?
Ice Ages
Neolithic Villages had a building devoted to what?
Gods/Religion
What did the "hunters" bring back for their tribe to eat?
Meat, dead animals
Hoes for digging soil, sickles for cutting grain and millstones for grinding flour.
What tools emerged at the end of the Neolithic Age?
How did people get their food during the Ice Age?
Hunting Gathering
Where is surviving art of the Paleolithic Age often found?
Caves
What is the most important effect of the Agricultural Revolution? (2 possible answers)
The population grew at a faster rate, and people settled into communities.
How did fire help the Paleolithic people eat?
They were able to eat cooked meat.
How did farming allowing for people to start doing different jobs?
Food surpluses, and/or farming does not require as much people as hunting/gathering does
When did the last Ice Age begin?
2.5 Million years ago
What is the name of the earliest period of the Stone Age?
Paleolithic Era
What are the skilled workers who make weapons, jewelry, and pottery called?
Artisans
During Neolithic Era, who was in charge of the food production?
Men
With sedentary life and farming becoming common, private property is created. What does this lead to?
War
Why did many animals start to go extinct at the end of the Ice Age?
Plants evolved to the cold died as the planet warmed, taking away the animals' food source
What is an example of a discovery that made life less difficult for Paleolithic people?
Fire
During the late Neolithic Age, humans discovered the ability to make tools out of this substance, instead of stone.
Copper
What did a food surplus lead to?
Population growth, stability, beginning of societies
Farming allowed for people to do more jobs, as farming created excess food. What is the term for work the requires an education?
Job Specialization
How did the end of the Ice Age make farming more possible?
Climate change, warming earth