Name ______

Soc. St. P-____ # ______

Date ______

Hunter-Gatherers
The Paleolithic Age: about 2.5 million years ago until around 8000b.c.e.
Chapter 3 Section 1: pages 54-61
Write the fact(s) needed to answer each question on the right.
What is another name for the Paleolithic Age? / 1.  Vocabulary (p.54)
What is the definition of nomad?
/ 2.  Vocabulary (p.54)
By what methods did Paleolithic people get their food? / 3.  Describing (p.54)
Why did Paleolithic people live together in groups?
/ 4.  Critical Thinking (p. 54-55)
How could Paleolithic knife or axe be considered technology?

Fire is also Stone Age technology. / 5. Critical Thinking/Vocabulary (p.55)
How did people during the Paleolithic Age adapt to their environment? / 6.  Critical Thinking (p.56-57)

Why was fire important to Paleolithic people? / 7.  Explaining (p.57)
Why are cave paintings of interest to archaeologists?

Cave painting, Lascaux, France
c. 15,000 to 10,000 B.C.E. / 8. Explaining-Use* content vocabulary in your answer.
Crossword Puzzle—Using *Content Vocabulary
buffalo fishing Old Stone Age primary source artifact interpret
nomads Paleolithic recorded time Stone Age evidence
Hunter-Gatherers
The Paleolithic Age: about 2.5 million years ago until around 8000b.c.
Chapter 3 Section 1: pages 54-61
Write the fact(s) needed to answer each question on the right.
1. What is another name for the Paleolithic Age? / Vocabulary (p.54)
In Greek, the Paleolithic means “old stone.” Therefore the Paleolithic Age is also called the Old Stone Age.
2. What is the definition of nomad?
/ Vocabulary (p.54)
Nomad means “people who move from place to place as a group to find food for themselves.”
By what methods did Paleolithic people get their food?
3. / Describing (p.54-56)
(p.54) Paleolithic people hunted buffalo, bison, wild goats, reindeer, and other animals. These early people also gathered wild nuts, berries, fruits, wild grains, and green plants. (p.56) Harpoons or spears with sharp points, and fish hooks increased the number of fish caught. They also used sharp-edged tools to cut up plants and dig roots.
4. Why did Paleolithic people live together in groups? / Critical Thinking (p. 54-55)
Everyone worked together to find food because it was the key to the group’s survival. Men needed to work together to kill the large mammals.
5. How could Paleolithic knife or axe be considered technology?


Fire is also Stone Age technology. / Critical Thinking/Vocabulary (p.55)
One definition given in the textbook for technology is “tools and methods to perform tasks.” Since knives and axes are tools, they are examples of technology.
6. How did people during the Paleolithic Age adapt to their environment? / Critical Thinking (p.56-57)
People living in cold climates made clothing from animal skins to stay warm. For shelter, people built tents and huts of animal skins, brush, and wood. In cold climates, some people made shelters out of ice and snow. Where wood was scarce, Paleolithic people used the large bones from large mammals as the frame for their shelters.3

7. Why was fire important to Paleolithic people? / Explaining (p.57)
Fire provided warmth and light for Paleolithic man. It also could be used to frighten away wild animals. It could be used to chase animals during a hunt. Using fire to cook food made it easier to chew and digest. Another use for fire was to smoke food to preserve it for later use.
Why are cave paintings of interest to archaeologists?

Cave painting, Lascaux, France
c. 15,000 to 10,000 B.C.E. / 8. Explaining-Use content vocabulary in your answer.
Sample Answer: Cave paintings are primary sources that show how people lived in the Stone Age.During the Stone Age there were no written records so archaeologists have to depend on artifacts to learn about that pre-historic time period.

Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS

3. STONE AGE

4. OLD STONE AGE

5. BUFFALO

6. FISHING

DOWN

1. RECORDED TIME

2. PALEOLITHIC

7. NOMADS

Why are cave paintings of interest to archaeologists?

Cave painting, Lascaux, France
c. 15,000 to 10,000 B.C.E. / 8. Explaining-Use* content vocabulary in your answer.
Why are cave paintings of interest to archaeologists?

Cave painting, Lascaux, France
c. 15,000 to 10,000 B.C.E. / 8. Explaining-Use content vocabulary in your answer.
Sample Answer: Cave paintings are primary sources that show how people lived in the Stone Age.During the Stone Age there were no written records so archaeologists have to depend on artifacts to learn about that pre-historic time period.