Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers

The discovery of farming began the

• history

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

• Early Human Era

During the Paleolithic (Old) Age people got their food by

• hunting wild animals and gathering plants

• by farming

• by traveling great distances to find others people

• by domesticating animals

During the Neolithic (New) Age or about 8000 BCE people learned how to

• raise animals and crops for food.

• travel great distances to find others for help

• hunting animals and gathering

People during the Stone Age shifted from

• hunters and gatherers to farmers.

• from farmers to hunters and gatherers.

• from farms to homes

What was the most important advancement made by humans during the Stone Age?

• becoming farmers

• walking upright

• carrying

• using tools made of stone

Which word means that humans learned how to train animals to be used for their benefit?

• Watching

• Domestication

• Hunting and Gathering

• Migration

What was the Paleolithic era?

• The era of human development when people survived as hunter-gatherers and used stone tools. 
• The era when humans used stone tools but lived on small farms. 
• The era of human development with metal tools and the rise of farming. 
• The era before the evolution of humans. 

What defines a hunter-gatherer society?

• Survival from foraging for plants and hunting, fishing, or scavenging for meat.

• Survival from gathering items around them.

• Survival from farming or raising domesticated animals.

• A society that uses hunting only

What was the Neolithic era?

• The era of human development when people survived as hunter-gatherers and used stone tools. 

• The era when humans used complex tools and weapons but lived on small farms. 

• The era of human development when people settled down to live in one place and the rise of farming. 

• The era before the evolution of humans. 

How did people spend their time during the Paleolithic Age?

• Building cities
• Learning new jobs
• Finding food
• Weaving and Farming