The First People of the Old Stone Age

Men and women who study old bones to learn about people of long ago are called ________________________.

• police

• archaelogists

• sailors

What Stone Age items were used for hunting or farming?

• tools

• birds

• cars

Culture

• a way of life, set of beliefs and customs, and language shared by a group of people
• to tame animals and get them used to living with human beings
• huge sheets of ice that slowly flow over the land or into a valley
• a period of time that began hundreds of thousands of years ago when much of the world was covered in ice

Agriculture

• the raising of crops and the keeping of domesticated animals; farming
• a highly organized society
• the first known period of prehistoric human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools

• to tame animals and get them used to living with human beings

The change in the way Stone Age people got their food was called _________________________.

• Agricultural Revolution

• elections

• American revolution

How did the Stone Age people use the animals they killed?

• for food and clothes

• nothing

• travel

How did fire help the Stone Age people?

• helped to keep them warm, cook food, and safe

• burn down forests

• take baths

Stone Age farmers ____________ wild animals by giving them food to make them less afraid.

• tamed

• killed

• got rid of

The period of millions of years in which most people used stones or animal bones to make tools was called ____________.

• modern

• Stone Age

• prehistory

Why did Stone Age people start their farms near rivers?

• to water their plants

• water sports

• hiking