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1. Prehistory: the Paleolithic Period
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PREHISTORY
STONE AGE
BRONZE AND IRON AGES
Arrow head
Hand mill
NEOLITHIC
(POLISHED STONE)
UPPER
Metal weapons
COPPER
BRONZE
IRON
.
N
EOLITHIC
8000 B.C.
E
PIPALEOLITHIC
8000 B.C.
N
EOLITHIC
6000 B.C.
B
RONZE AND
I
RON AGES
4000 B.C.
B
RONZE AND
I
RON AGES
3500 B.C.
H
ISTORY
3500 B.C.
H
ISTORY
250 B.C.
EPIPALEOLITHIC
from 3500 B.C.:
HISTORY
Understand
6.
Look at the timeline and name the period of
Prehistory which the following dates correspond to:
2500000 B.C., 8000 B.C. and 3500 B.C.
7.
Look at the double timeline. What is the difference
between the chronology of the Iberian Peninsula
and the world?
8.
Lookat the illustrations of howknappedandpolished
objects were made and answer the questions.
a)
Which of the two methods takes more time and
effort? Why?
b)
Could you tell the difference between a Paleolithic
tool and a Neolithic one just by touching them? How?
9.
Put these objects in order, (from the least to the
most advanced): iron weapon, car, stick, bow, sailing
boat, knapped stone.
Analyse
10.
Canweusewrittensources to learnabout Prehistory?
Why not? What other sources can we use?
11.
Imagine that tomorrow a new discovery is made in
the Middle East. Agricultural tools are found that
are older than those that have been discovered
until now. Which period of Prehistory would we
need to change the date of its beginning? Would
this change affect the Iberian Peninsula?
Create
12.
Look up images of prehistoric tools on the
Internet. Draw them in your workbook or print
them out. Afterwards, get into groups of five.
Classify the tools according to the period they
belong to and try to deduce what they were used
for.
