STONE AGE LIFE
What does “prehistoric” mean?
Before written history
What part of your body can make music without using an instrument?
Your voice, hands, or feet
What is a repeated pattern of beats called?
Rhythm
Where was much Stone Age art painted?
On cave walls
True or False: Stone Age people had electric guitars.
False
Stone Age people often lived in what type of shelter?
Caves or simple shelters
What type of instrument makes sound when it is hit, shaken, or tapped?
A percussion instrument
Name one way you can make a beat without an instrument.
Clapping, stomping, or tapping
Name something often shown in cave art.
Animals, people, or hunting scenes
Which came first: a bone flute or a piano?
A bone flute
What were people called who hunted animals and gathered plants for food?
Hunter-gatherers
Name one natural material Stone Age people could use to make an instrument.
Bone, wood, stone, or animal skin
Could Stone Age people make music without modern instruments?
Yes
Name one natural material prehistoric people could use to make color.
Charcoal, minerals, clay, or other natural pigments
Which would a Stone Age person most likely use to make a beat: a rock, a smartphone, or a synthesizer?
A rock
Name one danger Stone Age people faced.
Wild animals, harsh weather, injury, or lack of food
What kind of instrument could be made from a hollow animal bone?
A flute
Name one reason Stone Age people may have made music.
Celebration, communication, storytelling, rituals, or entertainment
What can cave art teach us about Stone Age people?
How they lived and what was important to them
Archaeologists find a hollow bone with carefully placed holes. What might it have been used as?
A flute
Why did Stone Age people work together?
To help the group survive
Why did Stone Age people make instruments from natural materials?
Those were the materials available to them
How could a whole group create music without instruments?
They could sing, clap, stomp, tap, or use their voices together
Why is cave art important if Stone Age people did not leave written records?
It gives us evidence about their lives
Name THREE ways a Stone Age person could make music using only things around them.
Examples: singing, clapping, stomping, tapping rocks, hitting sticks, or using bones