Paleolithic - Commack Schools
Name: _____________________________________ Date: ________
Early Man Ms. Valdes
|Paleolithic |Neolithic |
|“Old Stone Age” |“New Stone Age” |
| |“Agricultural Revolution” |
| |10,000 BC |
|Social Organization |Social Organization |
| | |
|Nomads – small group of people who moved from place to place to search for|Lived in small villages |
|food. |Began to farm |
|Hunters – men |“Agricultural Revolution” |
|Gatherers – women |Status of women declined |
|Men and women had equal status |Men dominated family, economic and family life |
| | |
|Religion |Religion |
| | |
|Polytheistic (many gods) |Polytheistic |
|Buried their dead – showed a belief in the afterlife |Built Temples – shows permanent settlement |
|Cave art and statues connected to religion |Priest Class |
| | |
|Technology/Advancements |Technology/Advancements |
| | |
|made simple tools |Planted seeds – farming |
|developed spoken language |Domesticated (tamed animals) to use for food, milk and clothing |
|invented clothing |Tools and weapons made of bronze and iron |
|learned to build fires |Language is spoken |
| | |
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.