Comprehension and Critical Thinking The Stone Age

1. a) Describe how people of the Old Stone Age survived. They hunted using stone weapons, gathered wild plants, and moved around constantly in search of food.

1. b) What important skills did people of the Old Stone Age use to find food? They used the ability to find good hunting ground and knowledge of edible plants. They learned how to use tools to kill and hunt animals.

1. c) How did survival skills change as people began to settle? They used their skills to find places to live that had good soil and experimented with different types of plants to find the ones that grew best.

2. a) What marked the beginning of the New Stone Age? In the New Stone Age people began growing their own food.

2. b) How was life in the New Stone Age different from life in the Old Stone Age? In the New Stone Age life was different because people began settling in areas to grow their own food instead of traveling in search of food.

2. c) What are the effects of geography and climate on farming? Geography and climate affect whether certain types of plants will grow well in an area.