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Camp and Village

On one riverbank, people live in tents and move to find food. On the other, people live in houses, grow crops, keep animals and make pots.

In the picture

  1. A hide-covered tent: a shelter that can be taken down and carried.
  2. Flint tools by a campfire: sharp stones used for cutting and scraping.
  3. A field of wheat: planted grain growing near a village.
  4. Clay pots drying in the sun: containers shaped from mud.

Examples

  • Packing up a tent to travel to a new place.
  • Planting seeds in a garden and keeping food in clay pots.

Quiz: Camp and Village (Age 8)

  1. Why did some prehistoric people move from place to place?

    • To build villages
    • To find food
    • To plant wheat
  2. What did some people do when they settled in villages?

    • They lived in tents they could carry
    • They grew crops and kept animals
    • They moved from place to place
  3. What were flint tools used for?

    • Cutting and scraping
    • Carrying tents
    • Planting wheat

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History, Age 8