Paleolithic Age - Weatherford High School



Unit 1 Paleolithic and Neolithic Age

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Paleolithic Age

What are some challenges the early humans would have had to face during the Ice Age (Paleolithic Age)?

Hominids-

Nomadic-

Characteristics of PALEOLITHIC AGE --2 million BC

■ Kept _____________ going

■ Made __________ and _____________out of __________--Chipped stone (flint or obsidian) example fishhooks made of bone

■ Developed club, spear, and bola

■ Primitive __________

■ Development of _________________

■ Lived in clans

■ Used animal skins for warmth

■ ______________ and had different jobs but were seen a __________

■ Lived in caves, dugouts, or trees

■ _______________________________-- nomadic

Neolithic Revolution--New Stone Age (farming & irrigation allow for the development of communities- which allows them to settle in one place)

Neolithic Revolution--8000 BC

■ _______________ change (temperature rise)

■ Development of ______________

■ ____________________of animals/ herding

■ Irrigation

■ _____________ work

Because of the changes above, what impact would this have on their day to day life. List some ideas

Explain how transitioning to agriculture and living in villages increased the need to develop a form of government?

List and discuss 3 positive and 3 negative consequences that result in living in communities.

Neolithic Technology

■ Creating _________

■ Developed____________, brushes, paints

■ Learned weaving

■ Built __________ & furniture

■ Invented the__________, & _________(in some areas)

■ New tools: awls, wedges, ________, drills, _____________, needles, etc.

■ Developed a ________________

Discuss what issues created the need for law in early civilization?

List some specific characteristics of advanced civilizations/cities in Neolithic times

Where would man choose to settle once he no longer needed to hunt and gather?

Where are the first four civilizations located?

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