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10642999354When did the Paleolithic era "Stone Age" begin?2.5 million years ago to about 10,000 years ago0
10642999355Paleolithic period "The Stone Age" tools•wood, animal bones, antlers, stones •Spears, Harpoons, and Arrows for the murder of animals ;( •FIRE!1
10642999356Did the people of the Paleolithic era have rafts??Hell yeah they did! They used it to chill out on the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific Ocean.2
10642999357How did the Paleolithic people travel?They were in groups, clans or bands of 20 or 30 people. (Kinship groups)3
10643075333What were the roles of women in the Paleolithic period?They gathered&prepared food and cared for children4
10643075334What were the roles of men in the Paleolithic period?The men would hunt, partake in warfare, and do the heavy labor5
10643075335What social structure did the Paleolithic people have?Equalitarianism6
10643075336What belief did the Paleolithic people have?Animism7
10647041414What is animism?worship of nature8
10647041415What were shamans?They cure the sick and influence the future. They also carried out ritual sacrifices.9
10652860420Most common theory of the spread of humans is?Out of Africa10
10652860421How did the first hunter gatherers live?They lived as hunter-foragers11
10652860422What were some push factors to leave Africa?•food •climate •population •resources12
10652860423What is the Neolithic Revolution?the shift from food gathering to food producing13
10652860424Why did we switch to farming?The warming of the climate14
10652860425Agricultural RevolutionThe time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering15
10652860426What happened when the agricultural revolution started?•they learned to make crops •began to settle in specific places16
10652860427First developed civilization started in?The Fertile Crescent17
10652860428PastoralismA type of agricultural activity based on nomadic animal husbandry or the raising of livestock to provide food, clothing, and shelter.18
10652860429What was the first domesticated animal?dog19
10652860430What were some effects on the environment due to the agricultural revolution?•modification of plants and animals •deforestation •soil erosion20
10652860431How were the health of humans effected by the agricultural revolution?Deterioration of health including tooth decay and Malnutrition21
10655124221When did metallurgy begin?Neolithic Revolution22
10655185825Between the Neolithic and Paleolithic era who had the most leisure timePaleolithic people23

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