Prehistory Quiz Flashcards Study Guide

CE

Common Era

BCE

Before the Common Era

How the years are numbered in BCE

The bigger the number, the older the event

How are the years numbered in AD

The bigger the number, the more recent the event

Eyewitness, first hand account of an event

Primary Source

Secondhand account, made by someone who did not witness the event

Secondary source

Neolithic

New Stone Age

Paleolithic

Old Stone Age

Nomad

Someone who wanders from place to place looking for food.

What tools were made of during the Old and New Stone Ages

Stone

Hunting and gathering

How people got food in the Old Stone Age

What are two major discoveries of the Old Stone Age?

Fire and Spoken Language

Why were the 2 major discoveries of the OSA important?

Fire gave people new ways to cook food, and spoken language allowed groups to communicate and work together.

What were the 2 discoveries that started the NSA?

Farming and the domestication of animals.

Why were the 2 discoveries that started the NSA important?

Farming allowed people to stay in one place and still get food, and the domestication of animals allowed people to get goods like milk, cheese, and wool.

What were jobs like in the OSA?

People mainly hunted and gathered food, and there were no specialized skills.

What were jobs like in the NSA?

Weaving, farming, wood/metal working…

What was trade like in the OSA?

People used local supplies and rarely interacted with other groups.

What was trade like in the NSA?

People were sent on the backs of animals to trade with other groups, and get more variety!

What was food supply like in the OSA?

Everything they ate was from the wild, they didn’t grow anything, and hunted and gathered to find food.

What was food supply like in the NSA?

People could stay in one place and still get food, and they could stay in one place and grow everything they needed.