Early Humans-6th Grade

Why is this period of time known as the Stone Age?

• People preferred using stones to build shelter
• Everybody lived in caves
• Tools were mostly made from stone
• The climate was always cold

Which was NOT one of the roles of women during the Stone Age?

• cooking food
• hunting wild animals
• taking care of young
• gathering plants and berries

The period of time before written history is known as

• B.C.
• ancient history
• prehistory
• B.C.E.

The eras of the Stone Age occurred in which order? (from earliest to latest)

• Mesolithic -> Paleolithic -> Neolithic
• Neolithic -> Mesolithic -> Paleolithic
• Paleolithic -> Neolithic -> Mesolithic
• Paleolithic -> Mesolithic -> Neolithic

___ are a group of people who wander and follow herds of animals which they hunt.

• Warriors
• Nomads
• Cave People
• Climate

How did the domestication of plants and animals IMPACT the lives of hunter gatherers?

• they continued to be nomadic
• they did not change their way of life
• they settled down and became farmers
• they lived separately far away from others

The earliest humans lived 

• by hunting and gathering their food
• alone or in pairs
• as herders of sheep and other livestock
• in farming villages along rivers

The process of changing plants and animals to make them more useful to humans.

• migrate
• culture
• tools
• domestication

The Neolithic Revolution started when...

• Time went from food gathering to food producing
• Time went from stone tools to metal
• Time went from cave shelters to teepees
• Time went from cold weather to warm

The time before there was writing.

• Prehistory

• Society

• Tool

• Hominid