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