Food and Shelter
What were the first steps in developing agriculture?
Planting seeds and domesticating animals
How many people were typically in the Paleolithic Comminities?
20-60
Neolithic people crossed mountains, travelled hundreds of miles, rode donkeys across the desert and build boats to cross the Mediterranean for what purpose?
To trade
What did neolithiic people want to do other than just survive?
Make themselves and their surroundings more beautiful
Many Neolithic Settlements were located where?
Fertile Crescent
Name 3 ways humans benefitted from domesticating animals.
Eating meat, drinking milk and the animals could help carry heavy loads.
Name 3 jobs that the Paleolithic people had other than hunting and gathering.
Toolmakers, building houses, growing crops, domesticating animals
Why didn't Paleolithic people trade?
They were more concerned with the animals they were hunting plants they were gathering and other resources nearby.
What are some of the other jobs listed in this section other than hunting?
Weavers, basket makers, toolmakers and traders.
In what ways were the lives of Neolithic people improved?
Safer, more comfortable and more interesting.
What is the vocabulary work for people who move from place to place.
nomad
Name two of the first communities that ever existed based on the chapter and what present day countries they are in.
Jericho (present day Israel) and Catal Hoyuk (Turkey)
What did people do with hematite?
It was used for make up and rubbed on lips and cheeks to make them redder.
What did clothing makers develop?
A way to spin and weave and therefore make clothes there were more comfortable.
What is one way we know about the lives of prehistoric people?
Cave paintings
When Neolithic people started building permanent structures, they used mud bricks. What other two natural items would people add to their bricks to strengthen the homes?
Rocks and sticks
What are the benefits of having different jobs in a community?
People could develop and improve skills such as pottery or weaving or building houses and therefore build talent.
What is a specific items people wanted to trade to make knife blades, arrowheads and mirrors?
Obsidian
The development of different jobs inspired the workers to do what?
Improve their skills which led to newer and better ways of doing things.
What ended the Neolithic Age?
People started developing tools out of metal instead of stone.
Name 3 benefits of permanent shelters.
Protection from harsh weather and wild animals.
People could live together in larger communities
People could cook food in different ways
Life was more comfortable.
How did living together in communities promote efficiency?
They could divide up the work and share responsibiltiies.
Beyond getting more resources, what were the other benefits of trade?
It brought them in contact with people from distant places and helped spread ideas and knowledge throughout the ancient world.
What did stoneworkers create?
Jewelry and mirrors
Name the 3 rivers in the Fertile Crescent.
Euphrates, Tigris and Jordan