Hunter-Gatherers

people who move from place to place to survive.

Answer explanation

Paleolithic people were nomads who moved from place to place to find food

long periods of extreme cold

Answer explanation

Ice Age

time during which much of the earth is covered with glaciers

What do historians call the general early period of human history?

• Ancient Age
• Bronze Age
• Iron Age
• Stone Age

Answer explanation

It is called the Stone Age because it was the time when people used stone to make tools and weapons

relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age

Answer explanation

The Paleolithic Age is also called the "Old Stone Age."

any tools and methods to perform tasks

Answer explanation

Something as common as the wheel is a piece of technology we have used in more or less that same form since ancient times.

What is the best example of how an advance in the use of technology made life less difficult for Paleolithic people?

• They hunted and gathered.

• They discovered how to use fire

• They lived near water sources.
• They used caves as shelters.

Answer explanation

Benefits of Fire:

1. provided warmth

2. provided light

3. scare wild animals

4. hunting

5. cooked food

One of the most important technologies used by the Paleolithic people was

• tools

• language

• art

• religion

Answer explanation

Over time, early people made better and more complex tools

What advancement during the Paleolithic Age made communication between people easier?

• the use of physical gestures
• the development of written language
• the development of spoken language

• the discovery that crushed rock and animal fat makes paint

Answer explanation

Up until this time, early people communicated through sounds and gestures.

Early people used fire to cook food.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Benefits of cooked food:

-tastes better

-easier to chew and digest.

-can be stored longer

During the Paleolithic Age, people developed written language.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

During the Paleolithic Age people developed spoken language.