Stone Age
The Stone Age began with
Farming
How People got their food
Hunting animals and gathering berries and plants
Began when people learned to
Farm and produce their own food
To train wild animals to be useful to humans
Domesticate
Many Neolithic settlements were located east of this sea.
East of the Mediterranean
The Stone Age ended with
Metal tools
People spent most of their time traveling to
Find enough food
Was raised for meat
Sheep, goats and cattle
The business of farming
Agriculture
Happened when people stayed in one place to long.
Food supply grew scarce.
Is another name for Paleolithic Age
Old Stone Age
During the Paleolithic Age, people lived in
Caves or tents
Houses were made of
Stones, branches and mud bricks
The business of buying and selling.
Trade
Two different jobs, besides farming held in the Neolithic Age.
Basket weaving, toolmakers, and traders.
The Stone Age gets its name from
The types of tools people made
Paleolithic hunters rarely
Trades with other groups
Traders discovered as they traveled
How others lived
A mineral mined for its valuable uses.
Ore
Obsidian was used to make this object.
Arrowhead
Years of the Stone Age.
2 million years ago to 3000 BCE
Small band of how many people wandered from place to place searching for food
20 to 60 people
Doorways high up on the walls
Protected them from wild animals
A red or used for makeup.
Hematite
Animal used to cross the desert.
Donkey