Prehistory The hunter gatherer quiz Images © Museum of London/ Derek Lucas Start the quiz!

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Your family are hungry. How will you get food? Pop to the shops Order a takeaway Go to the market Hunt animals and gather wild forest food

There were no shops or restaurants in the Stone Age. Well done! There were no shops or restaurants in the Stone Age. People had to hunt and gather. They would eat the meat from the animals and birds they caught along with foraged foods such as nuts, fruit and roots. Next

You arrive in an area that will one day be London You arrive in an area that will one day be London. There are no caves here. Where will you live? In a wooden roundhouse In a straw hut In a brick house In a tent

Hunter gatherers were always on the move. Well done! Hunter gatherers were always on the move. They set up temporary camps while tracking animals. What do you think their tents may have been made from? Next

You’ve been sent to gather wild forest foods You’ve been sent to gather wild forest foods. But they could be deadly… Which don’t you eat?

You didn’t want to eat those poisonous fungi! Well done! You didn’t want to eat those poisonous fungi! It would have been very important to understand what you could and couldn’t eat. It was probably the job of elders to educate the younger members of the group as they moved around and set up camp. Have you ever picked your own food? Next

You’ve caught a reindeer on a hunt You’ve caught a reindeer on a hunt. What part of this animal would you use? I’d use all of it for lots of different things! I would make tools with the antlers but leave the rest I would use the fur to make clothes and tent materials I would just eat the meat

People would use as much of an animal as possible in the Stone Age. Well done! People would use as much of an animal as possible in the Stone Age. Antlers for tools Hide for clothes The hide would be scraped clean to use for clothing, antlers were used for tools, and of course people would eat the reindeer meat. They would also eat the offal (organs such as liver, kidneys and heart) and crack open the bones to eat the fat-rich marrow. Next

You make your own tools. What materials would you find in a Stone Age toolkit ? Plastic Stone and antler Metal Glass

Serrated antler harpoon Well done! The materials in a Stone Age toolkit would be stone and bone. Wood was used too, but as this rots, less evidence survives. Bone hammer Serrated antler harpoon Flint microliths Next

What do you wear? The latest fashions, of course! I’d knit something from wool I’d sew something from cotton I’d use animal skins for fur and leather

Clothes don't survive, so archaeologists have to look for other clues. Well done! Clothes don't survive, so archaeologists have to look for other clues. These flint scrapers would have been used for cleaning animal hides, so that they could be used to make clothes and leather. Wool would not have been used until later in the Neolithic period (New Stone Age) when people began farming. Next

You’re hunting deer and wild boar in the woods. How will you kill them? Stalk quietly and use a bow and arrow With a gun I’d chase them on horseback I’d lay out traps and snares

Well done! Many large animals moved north or died out after the Ice Age. Hunters used bows and arrows to hunt smaller prey. Next

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