Vocabulary
Food or goods left over after needs are met
Surplus
What was the weather like in the Paleolithic age?
Cold - Ice Age
What happened to the weather during the Mesolithic age?
It warmed up gradually
What does revolution mean?
This yellow fruit is technically a berry, while strawberries are not.
Banana
Making barely enough to survive
Subsistence
What was the major achievement of the Paleolithic age?
Stone tools
How did the landscape change as the planet warmed?
Ice melted, forests grew
The focus of food in the neolithic era shifted from hunting and gathering to....
Farming
What animal has three hearts.
Octopus
Process of moving water from one place to another, especially for farming.
Irrigation
What was their main source of food.
Large mammals - Wooly Mammoths
With the extinction of larger mammals, what did Mesolithic people hunt?
Small mammals, deer, rabbits...
What happened to communities and population during the Neolithic age?
They grew or increased
Stretching over 13,000 miles, this is the longest structure built by humans.
The Great Wall of China
Focusing on one job.
Specialization
What type of lifestyle did they have, following the herds and constantly moving?
Nomadic
People of this era started to settle down and become less nomadic, but when it comes to getting food, they were still...
Hunter-gatherers
Once people were able to grow enough food to support themselves and have a little left over, what could they do?
Domesticate and raise animals
This natural phenomenon can reach 50,000°F, making it hotter than the surface of the sun.
Lightning
The process of adapting wild plants or animals for human use.
Domestication
When did the Paleolithic age start?
2.5-2.6 million years ago
Smaller sharper stone tools
Microliths
As people started to gather into larger communities, what happened to the social structure?
It became more layered, someone had to be in charge.
This slow-moving animal can hold its breath longer than a dolphin—up to 40 minutes.
Sloth
The society, culture and ways of life of a particular area or people group.
Civilization
What do we call the ice age
Pleistocene
Give me 2 examples of a developing culture in the mesolithic age
Simple musical instruments, cave paintings, social structure, more structured burial practices, possible simple religion.
Once people had a food surplus, grain and meat, it allowed what two things?
Job specialization and trade
This organ in your body replaces its lining every 3–4 days.
Stomach