Paleolithic Versus Neolithic

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Objective

I can describe how the development of farming changed people's lives from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age.

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Practice

7 questions

1

Describe the main difference between how people obtained food in the Paleolithic Age versus the Neolithic Age.

2

Explain why people in the Paleolithic Age were nomadic.

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Exit ticket

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Describe one way people's food sources changed from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age due to the development of farming. How did the types of settlements people lived in change from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age as a result of farming?

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