Stone Age: Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages

How did the Stone Age get its name?

• Early Humans frequently referred to it as the Stone Age during that time period

• From the stone tools Early Humans made and used

• Humans wore stone necklaces based on the colors of their village

• Stone was the material that humans used to record important events/information

Why is the Stone Age considered to be a prehistoric period?

• Humans were nomadic

• People did not have a set government or laws

• The dates are in Before Common Era

• It was before written language or records

Historians generally divide the Stone Age into which two time periods?

• Archaic and Modern

• Nomadic and Agricultural

• Paleolithic and Neolithic

• Prehistoric and Historic

What does the term "nomadic" mean?

• Creating a permanent settlement

• Hunting animals and gathering plants

• Moving from one area to the next

• Raising animals for human use

Cave Art, nomadic, and hunter-gatherer... these terms describe which part of the Stone Age?

• Neolithic Age

• Paleolithic Age

What major change marked the beginning of the Neolithic Age?

• Humans were forced to move due to an Ice Age

• Hunter first developed stone tools

• People began to farm and produce their own food

• The first written language was created

Where were most Neolithic settlements located?

• Atacama Desert

• Catal Hoyuk

• Fertile Crescent

• Lascaux, France

What does the word "fertile" mean in relation to agriculture?

• Able to read and write

• Good for growing crops

• Hot and dry

• Stable land bridge

What was an issue that Paleolithic humans had finding food as hunter-gatherers?

• Hunting could be very dangerous

• Plants and animals became scarce when people stayed in one area too long

• They did not have a stable, dependable food supply

• All of the above

How did humans in the Neolithic Age find food?

• Depended on food to be given to them by the government

• Grew crops and raised domesticated animals

• Hunted animals

• Moved from place to place looking for plants