1.2 Hunter-Gatherers - Q -

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1. The Age of Hunters and Farmers

1.2 Hunter-gatherers

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"The cave paintings of Lascaux ". 

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animals

bow and arrow

17,000

archaeologists

Lascaux

cave paintings

bulls

sources are important because they give us:

1. water
2. information
3. solutions
4. a narrative

Complete the sentences by making the correct combinations

1. The hunter-gatherers moved around, 

2. The men hunted animals 

3. The women gathered berries, nuts, mushrooms 

4. They lived in small 

5. They had to adapt 

groups of 20-50 people.

and other edible things.

they did not live in one place.

to their surroundings.

or went fishing.

Why is our knowledge about prehistoric times limited?

1. Many things have been lost over time
2. Archaeologists and historians are not skilled enough
3. People in prehistoric times did not leave any evidence
4. There were no significant events in prehistoric times

Why do archeologists find only very few remains of prehistoric hunter-gatherers?

1. the remains are all decayed over thousands of years
2. archeologists are more interested in written sources
3. hunter-gatherers only had few possessions
4. remains of hunter-gatherers are too deep in the ground to be found

What kind of objects have archaeologists and historians
NOT
found from prehistoric times?

1. Flint tools
2. Remains of houses
3. Bones
4. Books

Why don't we have written sources from prehistoric times?

1. Written sources were destroyed over time
2. People in prehistoric times did not know how to write
3. Written sources were not valued in prehistoric times
4. People in prehistoric times did not communicate through writing

What is a characteristic of hunter-gatherer groups?

1. They were skilled farmers
2. They lived in large cities
3. They had advanced technology
4. They were nomadic, not living in a fixed place

Why did hunter-gatherers make cave paintings?

1. To entertain themselves
2. To remember their hunting success
3. To ask help from their gods
4. To teach their children

What did women do in the hunter-gatherer society?

1. Took care of children and gathered food
2. Hunted animals
3. Practiced magic
4. Built houses

How did hunter-gatherers kill animals like bulls and horses?

1. With poison
2. With their bare hands
3. With spears or bows and arrows
4. With traps

What did hunter-gatherers do to get food?

1. Bought food from markets
2. Traded with other groups
3. Hunted animals and gathered plants
4. Farmed crops

Where did hunter-gatherers wear fewer or almost no clothes?

1. In colder regions like the Arctic
2. In mountainous regions like the Himalayas
3. In urban areas
4. In warmer regions like Africa or the Middle East

What kind of clothes did hunter-gatherers wear in cold areas like the Netherlands?

1. Thick clothes made of fur and hides
2. woolen clothes made from sheepskin
3. Thin clothes made of cotton
4. No clothes at all

Why did hunter-gatherers need clothing?

1. To show how important they were
2. To keep up with fashion trends
3. To adapt to the climate they travelled to
4. To protect themselves from insects

What did hunter-gatherers do with animal hides after killing the animals?

1. They buried them in the ground
2. They left them behind
3. They used them as shelter
4. They used them to make blankets and clothing

What did hunter-gatherers do with the objects
they found in nature?

1. They used everything they found
2. They left everything behind
3. They threw them away
4. They sold them for money

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