PreHistory
What term describes the period before written records?
What is prehistory?
What were the first tools made from?
What are stone, wood, and bone?
Name an example of an early tool used by humans.
What is a hand axe?
What does the term "hunter-gatherer" mean?
What is a person who hunts animals and gathers wild plants for food?
What is one form of early art created by prehistoric people?
What are cave paintings?
Name one method that archaeologists use to date artifacts.
What is carbon dating?
Name one major change that occurred during the Neolithic period.
What is the transition from nomadic life to settled farming?
What advancement in tool-making occurred during the Stone Age?
What is the creation of tools with sharper edges?
How did hunter-gatherers obtain their food?
What is by hunting animals and foraging for plants?
What purpose did early symbols serve for prehistoric people?
What is they communicated ideas and beliefs?
What are the two main periods of the Stone Age?
What are the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods?
What is the significance of the use of tools in the Stone Age?
What is it allowed early humans to hunt, gather, and survive more effectively?
How did the invention of tools impact early human societies?
What is it improved hunting, gathering, and food preparation?
What were some challenges faced by hunter-gatherers?
What are food scarcity, climate changes, and predator threats?
Name an example of a symbol commonly found in prehistoric art.
What are animals, plants, people, etc.?
Why is the discovery of fire important in Prehistory?
What is it used for warmth, cooking, and protection?
Describe how the lifestyle of people changed from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic era.
What is they shifted from hunter-gatherers to farmers and settled communities?
What is the term for tools made from both stone and metal?
What is a transition to the Bronze Age?
Why did hunter-gatherers move from place to place?
What is to follow animal migrations and seasonal plant growth?
How did art reflect the daily life of early humans?
What is it depicted hunting scenes, rituals, and social structures?
What is the significance of the Agricultural Revolution?
What is it led to the development of farming and permanent settlements?
What are some characteristics of Stone Age art?
What are cave paintings, carvings, and the use of natural pigments?
How did technology influence the daily lives of prehistoric people?
What is it allowed them to manipulate their environment for survival?
What role did social structure play in hunter-gatherer societies?
What is it helped in cooperation for hunting and gathering?
What does the study of prehistoric art tell us about early human culture?
What is it provides insight into their beliefs, practices, and daily lives?