Prehistory: The Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages

In the early Stone Age, there were glacial periods which came and went. A glacial period is:

• When all the ice melts

• When the climate is warm

• When the climate is cold and the land is covered in glaciers

• When the climate is warm and the land is covered in glaciers

The Mesolithic is:

• the time before the last glacial period

• the time in between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age

• The earliest time that man ever lived

• the time after the last glacial period

In the Mesolithic:

• people moved around all the time

• people travelled to find food, but sometimes lived in settlements

• people lived in settlements

• people stayed in one place

In the Mesolithic, people were

• foragers (gathered nuts and berries)

• hunter-gatherers

• hunter - gatherers and foragers

• fishermen and women

At the end of the last glacial period, Britain was still joined to Europe. It became an island when:

• a volcano in Scotland erupted

• there was a drought (lack of water)

• the glaciers melted and caused flooding

• a tsunami (great wave) flooded the land between Britain and Europe

In the Mesolithic, people travelled

• on foot

• on foot and in boats

• in boats

• none of these

The Neolithic came after the Mesolithic and was a time when

• people mostly lived in one place

• people travelled around

• people started to grow crops

• people were hunter gatherers

In the Neolithic, there is evidence that people started to make houses out of

• mud and straw

• wood and turf

• rock, wood and turf

• wood and straw

We think that Neolithic people built stone circles

• to keep track of the seasons

• to mark important days in the year

• to have parties in

• because they were now farming rather than hunter-gathering

Life in prehistoric Britain changed when people started learning new skills from Europe and started making things out of:

• stone

• flint

• wood

• metal