Name  _______________________________________________  Class  __________  

 
Old  and  New  Stone  Ages  Compare  and  Contrast    
 
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44-­47  of  your  textbook.)  
 
Life  of  Hunter-­ Topic   Life  of  Farmers  
Gatherers  During   During  the  NEW  
the  Old  Stone  Age   Stone  Age  
70,000  BC  to  10,000  BC   When   10,000  BC  to  4,000  BC  
 
 
 
 
Cold     Climate   warmer  
Glaciers    
 
 
 
Few  plants   Plants     xIncrease  in  number  
  of  plants.  
  x People  began  to  
  grow  their  own  
  food.  
Followed  the  animals   Movement  of  People   People  began  to  settle  
(food)     down  in  
  towns/civilizations  
 
 
Small  groups   Size  of  the  Group  People   Large  groups  
Less  than  20  people   Lived  In   (towns)  
 
 
 
 
  Methods  of  Obtaining    
x  Hunting  animals   Food   x  Hunting  animals  
     
     
     
x Gathered  fruit,     x Agriculture  ±  
nuts  &  berries     growing  plants  &  
  animals  as  a  food  
  source.  
 Life  of  Hunter-­ Topic   Life  of  Farmers  
Gatherers  During   During  the  NEW  
the  Old  Stone  Age   Stone  Age  
x Spear  thrower   Improvements  Made   x  Animals  were  used  
made  hunting   That  Helped  People     to  help  with  the  
safer  because  the   Obtain  More  Food     work  and  carry  
spear  could  be     heavy  loads:    
thrown  from  a     horses  and  cattle  
distance.      
   
   
  x Plows  helped  break  
  up  the  ground  
   
 
x Learned  to  cultivate  
(prepare  land)  for  
growing  crops  
 
 
 
x Planting  crops  
provided  a  steady  
food  supply  
 
 
 
     
x Men  hunted   Jobs   x Boat  building  
Women  gathered     x Men  built  
fruits,  nuts  &  berries     homes/villages  
  x Basket  making,  
  weaving,  pottery,  
  eating  utensils,  etc.  
 
     
x Lived  in  small   Structure  of  Society   x Lived  in  villages  
groups  in  caves     along  rivers  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
Compare  the  way  people  lived  were  made  between  in  Old  Stone  Age  and  the  New  Stone  
Age.    What  was  the  major  advance  that  improved  the  way  people  lived  during  the  New  
Stone  Age?    Explain.