The Paleolithic Age - Hunters & Gatherers

What is another name for the Paleolithic Age?

• The New Stone Age

• The Old Stone Age

• The Bronze Age

• The Iron Age

The Paleolithic Age began about _______ years ago and lasted until around 8000 B.C.

• 2.5 million

• 250,000

• 10,000

• 500,000

What does the word 'paleolithic' mean in Greek?

• Old stone

• Ancient fire

• New earth

• Sacred water

Who were nomads during the Paleolithic Age?

• People who regularly move from place to place to survive.

• People who built permanent houses and farmed the land.

• People who ruled large empires and cities.

• People who invented writing and mathematics.

How did Paleolithic people survive?

• By hunting and gathering food, including hunting animals and gathering wild nuts, berries, fruits, wild grains, and green plants.

• By practicing advanced agriculture and domesticating animals for farming.

• By building large cities and trading manufactured goods.

Name two animals that Paleolithic people hunted.

• Buffalo and reindeer

• Lions and elephants

• Camels and horses

• Dogs and cats

According to the passage, who hunted large animals in Paleolithic groups?

• Men

• Women

• Children

• Both men and women

What did Paleolithic men have to learn in order to hunt animals?

• How to build houses

• How animals behaved and how to hunt them

• How to plant crops

• How to make clothes

Women in Paleolithic groups hunted large animals far from camp.

• True

• False

Paleolithic people developed _______ and weapons to help them hunt.

• tools

• books

• cars

• computers