Stone Age Review Game

Vocab

100

• What does revolution mean?

•  A major wide-reaching change in society 

200

•  What are the three main eras of the Stone Age in order?

Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic 

300

•  What is domestication? Provide 2 examples. 

•  changing of plants and animals to make them more useful for humans; Many examples

400

•  What is migration? Why did hunter-gatherers migrate in the early Paleolithic Era?

•  Migration: when a group of people move from one place to another; Migration: mainly occurred when hunter-gatherers ran out of food

500

•  The domestication of plants led to the direct discovery of this: 

What did this allow people to do? Why is this so important?

Agriculture/farming; produce their own food; changed the Stone Age peoples way of life/lifestyle

Hunter-Gatherers

100

•  In what Stone Age era were hunter-gatherers prominent?

Paleolithic Era 

200

•  What type of shelter did hunter-gatherers have and use?

•  Stone caves; (lived outside)

300

•  What were the major differences between men and women in hunter-gatherer societies?

•  men were the hunters, while women did the gathering and cooking

400

•   Why was the spear such an important invention for hunter-gatherers? Give two reasons

•  A spear could be thrown, hunters no longer had to stand close to animals they were hunting and they could hunt larger animals such as mammoths. 

500

• Name two ways in which hunter-gatherers communicated? What were 2 major reasons why this type of communication developed

•  Hunter-gatherers communicated by using signals/sounds and through art. This allowed for personal relationships to develop, figure out problems (such as distribution of food), and to teach people skills (such as hunting) Express what they saw on daily basis

Revolution

100

•   Mr. Laufer''s favorite type of chip is (be specific)

• Cool Ranch Doritos 

200

•  During which Stone Age era did the revolution take place? 

•  Neolithic Era

300

During the REVOLUTION people went from Food Gathering to Food_______

Producing

400

•  Why were occupations able to change during the revolution? What occupations became available? (name 2)

•   People shifted their focus from only surviving to other activities and jobs; this includes stoneworkers (tool makers, house builders, traders, etc.)

500

•  Name 5 aspects of life that changed during the revolution?

•  Food supply, occupations, population/settlement, religion shelter, and technology/resources. 

Which Era am I in?

100

•  People painted herds of animals on cave walls

Paleolithic Era 

200

•  A shift from food gathering to food producing occurred in this era

Neolithic Era 

300

•  Fish hooks and canoes became more prevalent in this era. 

Mesolithic Era 

400

•  Megaliths were developed during this era. 

Neolithic Era 

500

•  What does each era mean? What is the major impact that each had on society?

•  Paleolithic: Old Stone Age- development of communication/stone tools such as knives and spears; Mesolithic: Middle Stone Age; development and new uses of tools; Neolithic: New Stone Age: development and use of new resources for tools, shift from gathering to producing food 

Potpourri

100

•  A handheld object that has been modified to help a person accomplish a task is called a     

Tool

200

•  Mr. Laufer went to which high school? Mr. Laufer went to which college? 

•  Freehold Township High school; Rutgers University 

300

•  What is prehistory? Provide an example. 

•  the time before writing; Many examples 

400

•  What two things does Otzi’s axe tell us about him?        

•  Tells us the time period he was from (Stone Age) and his position in society (important/wealthy) 

500

•  What was religion like in the Stone Age? How did this change over time? What did they pray to?

•  Early religious practices were seen in cave paintings (animals), later people prayed near megaliths to gods relating to elements such as air, water, fire, and earth (sometimes ancestors)