Paleolithic and Neolithic Times

What do you think a scribe is?

• ancient record keeper
• the business of farming
• a person who teaches
• a weapon

What does Paleolithic mean?

• earliest period of the Stone Age
• Latest and most advanced period of the stone age. 
• it's a way you eat. 
• Its a type of government

What does Neolithic mean?

• society ruled by men
• A type of job
• latest and most advanced period of the Stone Age
• Its a place you go

What was the most common reason in which ancient people chose to migrate, or move from place to place?

• They needed to find employment and an income
• To find resources such as food and shelter
• To explore the world.
• They needed to find better transportation.

How did the start of farming change early human tribes? 

• It forced them to stay in one place and build villages and cities.
• It caused them to continue to hunt animals and gather plants. 
• It ended fighting between the tribes for land.
• It stopped them from building temples for their gods.

Which best describes the nomadic lifestyle of the Paleolithic people? 

• They lived in large villages, where they raised crops and livestock.
• They migrated, or moved, from place to place
• They stayed in one place, living in caves and beneath rock shelters.
• They lived in small villages and farmed the land. 

Which statement best describes the Neolithic people? 

• They lived in caves or built simple shelters.
• They migrated from place to place to hunt animals for food.
• They could settle in one place because they had a reliable food supply. 
• They used simple tools made from stone.

Which statement best describes the clothing of early cultures?

• Paleolithic people learned to weave plants for cloth. 
• Neolithic people used only animal skins for clothing.
• Paleolithic people used wool collected from domesticated sheep. 
• Neolithic people made clothes from cloth, wool, and animal skins. 

People began to tame goats, sheep, pigs, and cattle.

• Neolithic Man
• Paleolithic Man

Villages and settlements were where people began to live often made of mud, bricks and timber. These settlements became permanent.

• Neolithic Man
• Paleolithic Man