Prehistory and the Stone Age

What is prehistory?

• The stage that goes from the origin of the human being until the invention of writing

• The period of time when humans lived in caves

• The era when humans started using metals

• The time when humans began to settle in villages

What is the Stone Age called?

• The Age of Metals

• The Age of Inventions

• The Age of Agriculture

• The Age of Stone

What materials were used to create tools in the Paleolithic period?

• Stone, wood, and bone

• Metals and ceramics

• Plants and cereals

• Animal skins and tree branches

What did the first humans in the Paleolithic period hunt?

• Mammoths, bison, and deer

• Fish and wild fruits

• Dogs, sheep, and pigs

• Metals and ceramics

What does it mean to be nomadic?

• To live in a fixed place

• To travel and move constantly

• To hunt and gather wild fruits

• To create tools made of stone

What did the first humans in the Paleolithic era live in?

• Caves

• Huts made with tree branches and animal skins

• Large cities

• Boats

What was the most important invention of the Neolithic period?

• The wheel

• Metals

• Hieroglyphs

• Ceramic pieces

What is metallurgy?

• The process of extracting metals from rocks

• The cultivation of plants and cereals

• The domestication of animals

• The invention of writing

What did humans exchange during the Age of Metals?

• Crafts, food, weapons, among others

• Hieroglyphs and ceramic pieces

• Metals and ceramics

• Plants and cereals

When does prehistory end?

• With the appearance of writing

• With the invention of the wheel

• With the discovery of fire

• With the development of agriculture