Stone Age Unit Review

Formed during the last ice age, connected Asia and North America

Also known as the Middle Stone Age

Crops grown during the Neolithic Age

Other items eaten in addition to animal meat

Occurred around 10,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE

Also known as the Old Stone Age

Cutting down trees and burning fields before planting seeds

Divided into Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

Used for cutting, digging, skinning, and starting fires

Homes in the Neolithic Age

Began to develop along river valleys

Used to create paint for cave walls

Occurred until around 10,000 years ago

Growing crops and domesticating plants and animals

Materials used to carve small figures

Before Common Era

Elements used to make bronze

Popular stone used for tools and weapon

Doing one specific job instead of many

Women's role in Neolithic society

To tame or adapt for human use such as dogs

Men's responsibilities in Neolithic society

Metal used at the end of the Neolithic Age

Types of homes in the Palaeolithic Period

Period before writing was invented

Earliest humans who obtained food

Greatest discovery of the Palaeolithic Period

Also known as the New Stone Age

Occurred around 8,000 BCE to 3,000 BCE

Moving around to find food

Animals domesticated during the Neolithic Age

Used for weaving clothing

Animals hunted during the Palaeolithic Period

Advanced tools developed during the Mesolithic Period

Continent where ancestors emerged 300,000 years ago

Believed to prompt migrations

What gods and goddesses were connected to

Created to make fishing more effective

Spear-thrower