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Vocabulary
Paleolithic
(Old Stone) Age
Neolithic (New
Stone) Age
Contrast
Paleolithic and
Neolithic
Periods
Stone Age Learning Outcomes
Archaeologists- scientists who locate and study the things left behind by people
Artifacts- objects made by people.
Fossils- remains of once living things.
Domesticate- to tame plants and animals for people’s use.
Division of Labor - members of a society do different tasks based on their abilities
and the group’s needs
6. Culture- is a unique way of life that sets a group of people apart from others
7. Society – an organized group of people living and working under a set of rules.
8. Technology – skills and knowledge to make things that meet human needs.
9. Paleolithic- Old Stone Age; Time of hunters and gatherers
10. Neolithic- New Stone Age; Time of farmers
11. Bands- a small group of people like a clan
12. Migration is the movement of groups of people from one place to another
13. Agriculture- the domestication of plants and animals
14. Cultivate- to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops
15. Climate- Weather of a particular location over a long period of time
16. Natural Resource- substances, materials and living things that occur on or within
the earth and that have economic value
17. Specialization- A person who is responsible for one job that requires his or her
unique skills and talents and is efficient at that job
1. Africa was probably the home of the earliest people.
2. Early people had two main ways of finding food: hunting and gathering.
3. The search for food caused the migration of groups of early people.
4. These early people lived together in small groups (bands).
5. Forming bands helped early people to meet their basic needs: food, clothing, and
shelter needs.
6. Early people used their natural resources in order to survive.
7. The search for food caused the migration of groups of early people.
8. Early people lived and worked together in groups in order to survive: rough
weather and attacks against wild animals.
9. Be familiar with the reasons why historians think Paleolithic art was created.
1. As groups of early people increased, their need for food grew.
2. Because early people discovered that hunting and gathering didn’t always give
them a steady supply of food, they began to produce their own food.
3. Early people learned to domesticate plants and animals.
4. This development of agriculture led to a more reliable food supply.
5. Domesticating plants and animals caused great changes in lives of early people.
 People no longer needed to move from place to place to find food.
 Agriculture meant that people needed to stay and tend the crops and
animals.
 Permanent homes.
 Led to “Division of Labor”
 As populations increased farming villages grew into small cities.
6. A disadvantage to the development of agriculture was that people fought over land
and water.
7. The Neolithic Period in the Stone Age has been called the “Revolution of
Agriculture” since agriculture first occurred in this time period.
Know the differences between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods in each Food/
Shelter/Clothing/Technology/Language/Social Structure.
Stone Age Learning Outcomes