Ch 2 - The Old Stone Age

Began farming and raising animals

People learned about agriculture (farming) and produced their own food

Known as the Middle Stone Age

Created earliest carvings and cave art

People who hunt animals and gather food to survive

Which is NOT one of the changes from the Neolithic Era?

Lived in small groups as hunter/gatherers

The Border Caves were found in:

How did early humans migrate to the Americas.

Why were cave paintings considered a treasure?

Stored food for later use.

Most like modern humans

When the Ice Age ended and the climate got warmer:

Early humans adapted to the Ice Age by:

What is the correct order of the stone ages?

What was the biggest cause of the shift from hunting and gathering to farming?

Signs of religion- buried their dead

Migrated to Europe and Asia.

The Lascaux Caves were discovered in:

What eventually happened to the Neanderthals?

The transitional time between hunter-gathering and farming.

People learned domestication- using animals to help them

Known as the Old Stone Age

First to use fire