Paleolithic vs. Neolithic

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

What does Neolithic mean?

• Old stone age
• New stone age

What big change occurred between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Era?

• people moved around more to find food, shelter, and water.

• people stayed in one place to begin farming and built permanent housing.

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

• To explore the world

• To find resources such as food and shelter

What is the greatest change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures?

• the shelters people used

• the way people got food for themselves

• the tools people used

What is the job of an Archaeologist?

• to study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts
• To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs
• To find cool stuff underground
• To study the relationship between geography and fossils 

How did archaeologists learn about the Nomadic people?

• evidence, digging, tools

• they just know

• they found books written by the Nomadic people

Which were characteristics does NOT describe Paleolithic society:

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