1. HUNTERS AND GATHERERS

2. VOCABULARY WORDS descendant band consequence extinct technology
artifact
specialize

3. Descendant: Children’s children

4. Band: Small groups of people made up of related families.

5. Consequence: A result.

6. Extinct: Something that has died out.

7. Technology: Use of knowledge and skills to make work of everyday life easier.

8. Artifact: A human made object, usually from long ago.

9. Specialize: To work in one kind of job.

10. Match the Vocabulary word with the meaning
A result.
To work in one kind of job.
Small groups of people made up of related families.
A human made object from long ago.
Something that has died out.
Use of knowledge and skills to make life easier.
Artifact
Technology
Band
Consequence
Extinct
Specialize

11. What is a descendant?

13. HUNTERS AND GATHERERS First modern humans lived 100,000 years ago.
They survived by hunting and gathering enough food to survive. That’s why they are called HUNTERS AND GATHERERS.

14. LIVING AND WORKING TOGETHER
Early people followed the same way in life.
Most of them united in bands, a band is made up of 30 people.

15. Early people spent most of their time looking for food.

16. The women gathered wild fruits, nuts, roots and seeds for them to eat.
The men hunted large animals, many of the animals are extinct.

18. The animals provided:
Meat for food
Skin for clothing and shelter
Bones for tools
Early people used stones and other resources to make tools.

19. Stone was very important in the time of the hunters and gatherers that their time is sometimes called THE OLD STONE AGE or PALEOLITHIC PERIOD

20. Early people made many kinds of tools using the resources around them.

21. Different groups of people invented new tools and new weapons
Different groups of people invented new tools and new weapons. An example is:
Atlatl

22. Atlatl was an important improvement in technology.

23. Early people used special skills and teamwork to hunt.
The had to use cooperation or they would not have survived.

24. Early people did not have permanent year round settlements because they were always on the move looking for food.

25. Why did early people not have any permanent settlements?
Why do you think early people moved in a band?
How did technology affect the lives of early people?
Why is the time of Early People also known as The Old Stone Age?