Paleolithic Age

The Stone Age is the prehistorical era in which historians believe that humans began the practise of farming and agriculture.  Within the Stone Age classification of the three aged system, there are various sub-groups that classify the evolution of humans.  Which of the following subgroups is most closely associated with agricultural development? 

• Epipalaeolithic
• Paleolithic
• Neolithic
• Mesolithic

What are three (3) characteristics of the Paleolithic Age?  Choose the BEST choice!

• Hunting and gathering, Nomadic, uncivilized.
• Hunters and gatherers.
• Nomadic wanderers.
• Farmers and herders.

True or False. The Paleolithic Period ended because the melting of the last sheet of ice allowed for fertile lands which allowed societies to develop into/advance to hunting and gathering societies that were nomadic.  This would allow civilization to begin!

• True
• False

What was it that allowed for the transition from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age?

• Industrial Revolution
• War
• American Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution.

The Paleolithic period is characterized by the use of

• Stone tools
• irrigation systems.
• bronze weapons
• advances in agriculture.