Paleolithic Early Humans

What does Paleolithic mean?

• old stone age
• new stone age

True or False: Paleolithic people were hunters and gatherers.

• true

• false

What does nomadic mean?

• people stayed in one place to farm

• people moved around in search of resources

Which were characteristics does NOT describe Paleolithic society:

• cave art
• developed an oral language
• lived in clans
• used advanced tools

What were 2 things that were considered the first tools of the Paleolithic people?

• simple weapons and fire
• farming tools and mud bricks

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.

Scientists divide the Stone Ages into periods based on which of the following?

• the types of animals that lived 
• the development of agriculture 
• the types of tools used by people 
• the type of clothes worn by people 

Which of the following would you most likely find in the Paleolithic Era?

• jewelry made of smooth stones

• farms

• cave paintings

• domesticated animals

Which of the following describes how the earliest humans lived?

• by hunting and gathering food

• by herding sheep and other live stock

• alone or in pairs

• in farming villages along streams and rivers

What was the main role women played in Paleolithic society?

• Women gathered wild plants for food.

• Women hunted animals for food.

• Women planted seeds for food.

• Women domesticated animals for food.