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  • New jobs in the Metal Ages
    Soldiers traders
  • Where did people live in the Palaeolithic Age?
    They lived in the open, in caves or in huts, near rivers and lakes
  • Name the three metals used in the Metal Ages
    Copper, Bronze and iron
  • How were people organize in the Metal Ages?
    Into defence groups under a chief
  • How did people live in the Palaeolithic Age?
    They were nomads.
  • Why did they build walls in the Neolithic Age?
    To defend them from attack
  • When did people start farming?
    In the Neolithic Age
  • When did Prehistory start?
    With the appearance of human beings
  • Which material did they use to made knives, axes and arrowheads?
    stone
  • The first monuments in the Metal Ages are called
    Megaliths
  • They made harpoons, spears and needles from
    bones
  • People in the Neolithic Age were no nomads anymore, they were
    sedentary
  • Places were it was easy to find metals attracted people and grew into __________
    towns
  • Discovers in the Palaeolithic Age
    Fire
  • What did they paint in the Neolithic Age?
    Animals and groups of people
  • Inventions in the Metal Age
    The wheel, sail, and plough
  • What did they paint in the Palaeolithic Age?
    Animals
  • Wich are the main megaliths?
    Menhir, Dolmen, Cromlech
  • Why did Neolithic people stop hunting animals for food?
    Because they became farmers
  • What is cave art?
    Is the decoration on walls and ceilings of caves with paintings
  • What did they build in the Neolithic Age?
    Villages
  • Two important developments during the Neolithic age
    Clooth and pottery
  • Name the three periods of prehistory
    Palaeolithic, neolithic, metal ages