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Would you rather live in the Paleolithic or Neolithic Age? Write a paragraph explaining your choice
Be sure to re-state the question and cite evidence

2. Early Humans Study Guide Answers
Look at your map
Before Common Era/Before Christian Era
Common Era/Christian Era
10 years
100 years
Look at your landform book
What do the following scientist study?
A. Archeologist-human remains and artifacts (fossils)
b. Anthropologist- human societies and cultures and how they developed.
c. Geologist- Rocks that fossils are found in
d. Sociologist- how societies form and how people live together in communities
e. Historian-events and people from the past

3. 8. Primary Source-a persons who was present at an event or item made at that time in history. 9. Secondary Source-someone who did not witness an event, but tells or writes about it, something that was made after a specific time in history. 10. Culture- the way of life for a group of people at a specific time and place

4. 11. Components of Culture: -language -art -common values -literature -traditions -lifestyles -government 12. Race and Weather 13. Environment 14. Something developed by humans to make their lives easier

5. 15. Paleolithic Age- Earliest part of the Stone Age where people were nomadic and gathered and hunted for food.
16. In the Paleolithic Age what did people:
Live in-caves or temporary shelters
Eat-meat from animals they hunted, wild berries, nuts and grain
Moved around, they were nomadic
They got food by hunting and gathering
Men were responsible for hunting, making tools and developing new techniques for hunting.
Women were responsible for gathering, children, making clothing and preparing food

6. 17.The agricultural revolution is when people started domesticating animals and plants.
18. Impact of the Agricultural Revolution
People stayed in one place to farm,
people ate fewer varieties of food (at first),
villages formed, then cities, then civilizations,
There was a surplus of food
population grew
specialization occurred
Civilizations formed
19. Specialization is when people do jobs other than providing food (you do what you are good at)

7. 20. A surplus is needed in order to specialize
21. Neolithic
22. During the Neolithic Age What did People:
Live in-permanent shelters
Eat-Domesticated plants, domesticated animals, and animals they hunted
Settled in one place
They farmed their food, raised animals, and hunted
Men were responsible for providing food, protecting their villages and they became leaders
Women were responsible for preparing food, children and clothing
23. Stone Age
24. Bronze Age

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Would you rather live in the Paleolithic or Neolithic Age? Write a paragraph (4-5 sentences) explaining which era you prefer and why.