Chapter One (1a): Paleolithic Age
I. According to scientists, what is the planet’s early beginnings?
A. Earth is about four billion years old
B. People have been on the earth approximately 2.5 million years
1. Prehistory is the time before people began writing
2. History is the period after writing
II. What is the Paleolithic Age?
A. It is the Old Stone Age
B. It lasted from about 2.5 million years until about 8000 B.C.E.
III. How were Paleolithic people organized?
A. They lived in bands, or groups
B. They searched for food within their home territory
IV. How did Paleolithic people obtain their food?
A. Women and children gathered berries, nuts, fruit, grains, insects, and eggs
B. Men hunted animals and fished
V. What types of tools did Paleolithic people use?
A. Sticks
B. Stones
1. Pebble tools
2. Flake tools
VI. How did Paleolithic people use fire?
A. To keep warm and dry
B. To scare animals
C. To clear brush and undergrowth
D. To cook food
VII. What types of shelter did Paleolithic people use?
A. Open camps
B. Pits in the ground
C. Dry river beds
D. Caves
E. Wood , bone, and animal hide huts
VIII. How did the development of animal skin clothing impact Paleolithic people?
A. Kept them warm and dry
B. Allowed them to move into cooler and wetter areas
IX. How did Paleolithic people develop language?
A. Made sounds
B. Used hand signals
X. How did language make life easier for Paleolithic people?
A. Worked cooperatively
B. Shared ideas
C. Passed on beliefs and stories
XI. What two types of Homo sapiens, or man who thinks, existed during Paleolithic
times?
A. Neanderthals
1. Remains found in Europe, Asia, and Africa
2. Good hunters
3. Excellent builders
B. Cro-Magnons
1. Remains found in Europe, Asia, and Africa
2. Good toolmakers
3. Fine artists
Greenblatt, Miriam, and Peter Lemmo. Human Heritage. New York: Glencoe
McGraw-Hill, 1999.