Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras

Paleolithic & Neolithic Eras

Global History & Geography 9

Paleolithic Era

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Paleolithic Era

• Known as the "Old Stone Age" because simple stone tools were used

• Earliest period in human history

• People were nomadic: they migrated from place to place in constant search of food

• They were also known as hunter-gatherers

Paleolithic Era

• Food: Hunting and gathering

• Dwellings: Caves, nomadic people

• Technology: Digging sticks, spears, axes, and spoken language

• Religion & Art: Cave paintings, religious statues, and belief in afterlife

Multiple Choice

The Paleolithic Era is characterized by which of the following...

• Permanent Settlements

• Agriculture

• Nomads

• Domestication

Neolithic Era

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Neolithic Era

• Learned how to farm & use irrigation

• Began to live in permanent settlements

• Job specialization (new skilled professions such as tool-making, pottery, weaving, carpentry, etc.)

• Domestication of animals

• Division of labor led to gender inequality

Neolithic Era

• Food: Farming, domesticated animals

• Dwellings: Permanent villages, stone houses

• Technology: Stone tools, polished ax heads, arrowheads, weaving cloth, calendar, wheel

• Religion & Art: Jewelry, buried dead in earthen tombs