Paleolithic Age
This is another name for the Paleolithic Age.
Old Stone Age
This is another name for the Neolithic Age.
New Stone Age
This is the business of buying and selling or exchanging items.
trade
This is something that can be used to fulfill a need.
resource
Doors were placed up high in walls of homes and buildings for this reason.
protection from harsh weather and wild animals
People in the Paleolithic Age got their food this way.
hunting and gathering
These were used to reach the entrance to homes in the Neolithic Age.
ladders
This is the business of raising crops and animals.
agriculture
This is a person who moves from place to place without a permanent home.
nomad
This was the greatest benefit of farmers learning to raise their own crops and animals.
stable food supply
People in the Paleolithic Age lived in these types of structures.
caves or temporary shelters
beauty
This word means to train an animal for human use.
Neolithic people traded for this material in order to make stronger tools.
obsidian
This animal was domesticated mainly for meat and milk.
goat or cow
People in the Paleolithic Age had to move a lot for this reason.
They ran out of food and resources staying in one area.
The Neolithic period ended when people learned to make tools and weapons out of this material.
metal
This is an arc-shaped area of land in Southwest Asia with rich soil that is good for growing crops.
Fertile Crescent
Besides goods, this also was exchanged by trading in the Neolithic Age.
ideas/thoughts
People in the Neolithic Age could live in larger groups of people for this reason.
They could grow enough food to support many people.
Archaeologists learned about life in the Paleolithic Age because of these items left behind in caves.
cave paintings
It was safer to live in large groups during the Neolithic Age for this reason.
defense against attack
This is the name of a Neolithic town found in central Turkey.
Catal Hoyuk
This new way of cooking was developed during the Neolithic Age due to the development of permanent homes.
using clay-lined pits
Dividing up work in a community helped meet peoples' needs better because of this.
People had more time on their hands and could develop a variety of skills.