DIGITAL ISLAND
PEIRA'S RESEARCH EXPEDITION
Mission 5
Explorers,
You have found what seems to be an abandoned city. Walking around the streets, you can see the people that lived here were pretty advanced in technology. However, there are some things that that stand out because they seem prehistoric. Investigate that period of time to recover information:
Hey! Here are some tools that can help you:
First Task
1. When did the Palaeolithic Age start?
2. Where did people in the Palaeolithic Age live?
3. How were they organised?
4. What jobs did they do?
5. What materials did they use to make tools? What tools did they make?
6. Why did they move from place to place? How are they called?
7. How do you think they ate the food? What food did they have?
Second Task
8. What marked the start of the Neolithic Age?
9. What did people in the Neolithic do to get food from animals?
10. What did they discover about plants? What did they use it for?
11. Why did they build houses?
12. What does it mean that they were sedentary?
13. Why did they create new tools with stone? Which were those tools?
14. Which materials did they use to make the first crafts?
Third Task
15. Which was the main material used during the Metal Ages? Which are the different types? What did they make?
16. What did they do to protect the towns? Why did they need protection?
17. What did traders do?
18. Which are the three main inventions from the Metal Ages? What were they used for?
19. What is the main characteristic of equinoderms? Give two examples.
20. Explain the characteristics of arthropods.
21. Complete the chart about the types of arthropods and their characteristics.
FINAL TASK
Now that you know lots of things about prehistory:
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