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cave men facts
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History
7th Grade
09/27/2011

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What is the difference between the neolithic and paleolithic ages? 
Definition
The way they got food.
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Why did paleolithic people move from place to place? 
Definition
To get fresh sources of food.
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How did the early men and women share the work of getting food?
Definition
The women gathered berries, nuts, eggs, and roots and the men went hunting.
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How did the discovery of fire affect people's lives? 
Definition
 It enabled them to cook food, keep warm, frighten animals, and refine weapons. 
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What difference did clothing make in the way people lived? 
Definition
It enabled them to move to cooler and wetter regions. 
Term
Why did the Cro- Magnons produce cave paintings?
Definition
They believed that they could capture the spirit of the animal and they could catch them faster.
Term
How did increased food supplies cause increased population?
Definition
It wood be able to support largeer numbers of people and they could live longer.
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Why did people in the Neolithic Age begin to take up occupations?
Definition
When fewer people were needed to produce food, they did other things like metal working, pottery making, and making of clothes and foot coverings/protection.
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Why did people in the Neolithic Age change their from of government?
Definition
To protect property.
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