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Paleolithic Age

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Paleolithic means "Old Stone"
nomads People who regularly move from place to place to survive
technology Tools and methods to perfrom tasks
Ice Age Long periods of extreme cold that affected all of Earth
Hunter-Gatherer A member of a nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild food; the main human activity for the first 2 million years of humanity
domesticate To tame plants and animals for human use
band a small family group of foragers who hunt and gather for a living over a particular territory
Paleolithic Era The earliest part of the Stone Age when people lived by hunting and gathering
flint a hard stone that was used to make tools in the Paleolithic Era
fire Paleolithic age humans learned to use it for protection and cooking
Paleo Greek root word for ancient or old
lithos Greek word meaning stone
resource something used to fulfill a need
flaking a process of shaping stone by chipping pieces off the edges
2.5 Million The Paleolithic Era lasted about ________________________ years.
easier The development of technology during the Stone Age made life _______________________.
spear The _____________________________ was important hunting technology for the Stone Age people.
bands Wandering nomads lived in small groups called __________________________.
temperary Paleolithic Age hunter-gatherers lived in ____________________________ homes.
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