What does "sedentary" mean?
To stay in one place.
Name two new jobs during the Neolithic Age.
Farmers and craftworkers
Name four tools that prehistoric people used in the Palaeolithic age.
Spears, axes, scrapers, harpoons, knives, needles.
What were the two main jobs during the Palaeolithic Age?
Hunters and gatherers
Where did prehistory people find metals?
They found them in mines.
What was bad about using copper in the Metal Ages?
It was too soft.
How did prehistory people make metal tools?
They used a hot furnace to melt the metal.
What are some things prehistoric people made with metal? (name three)
Tools, weapons, knives, jewellery, wheel, plough.
How did the Neolithic Age start?
People learned how to farm and keep animals.
What was the plough used for?
To farm faster and produce more food.
Name the three important inventions during the Metal Ages.
The wheel (and carts), the sail, and the plough.
Which metal was discovered first?
Copper
Name two reasons prehistoric people lived by water.
Water, fishing, hunt animals, plants and fruits.
What does "nomad" mean?
People who moved from one place to another to find food.
Which metal was the most important at the end of the metal ages?
Iron
Name two new jobs during the Metal Ages.
Soldiers and Traders
How did prehistoric people make bronze?
They mixed copper with tin.
When did the Palaeolithic Age Start?
When the first humans appeared (about 5 million years ago)
How did towns protect themselves?
They built walls and organised under a chief.