Hit or miss
How many eras is the Stone Age divided into?
3
Agriculture is a fancy word for .....?
farming
Why was the stone age divided into different periods?
the tools got better
What were tools made out of after the Stone Age?
metal
What's bigger, Mesopotamia or the Fertile Crescent?
Fertile Crescent
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
between the rivers
What are the names of the two rivers located within the region of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What do you call the rich soil mixed with tiny rocks that Mesopotamians would use to grow their crops?
silt
What do you call the process of changing plants and animals to make them more useful for humans?
domestication
The Neolithic Revolution is when people went from food g_ _ h _ _ i _ g to food producing.
gathering
How did farmers try to stop flooding?
they built up the riverbanks
What are two types of projects that required division of labor?
building projects and irrigation projects
Fill in the blanks. Mesopotamians irrigated their land by first digging a _ _ _ _ _ to store water, and connected that water to their crops by then digging _ _ _ _ _ _.
basin, canals
Farming began on what continent?
Asia
What are two grains that started to grow that ancient people would eventually use to plant themselves. W and B
Wheat and Barley
Name all eras of the Stone Age
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
Name 3 different domesticated animals
goat, sheep, cows, dogs, chickens....
ancient people would build huge stone monuments for religious purposes. What are these stone monuments called?
Megaliths
Once less people were needed for farming, what are 3 new jobs people had:
Crafters, religious leaders, and government workers
What is called when people specialize in a particular task?
division of labor