Vocabulary
Farming and the domestication of animals
Describe the weather during the Paleolithic Age.
The weather was cold. Ice covered much of the earth.
What was the change in weather? How did it help the Neolithic people with food?
What is it became warmer. With the snow and glaciers melting, the land became more fertile, which helped with farming.
What did people in the Paleolithic Age consider art?
What is cave paintings.
What is domestication? Which age did this?
What is taming animals and plants. The people of the Neolithic Age did this.
What is a surplus?
A surplus is an extra supply of food. The Neolithic (new stone age) humans had a surplus of food due to farming and domestication of animals.
What does Paleolithic Age mean?
What is Old Stone Age.
What life changing event did Neolithic people begin to do? This is considered the Neolithic Revolution. (turning point)
What is farm and agriculture.
Describe tools in the Paleolithic Age.
What is simple stone tools.
What does Neolithic Age mean?
What is New Stone Age.
What is a large sheet of ice?
Glacier
People during the Paleolithic Age were ______________________. This is how they got their food.
What are hunter gathers.
What are two well-known cities we learned about from the Neolithic Era?
Jericho and Catal Huyuk
In the old stone age, everyone was a hunter-gatherer. In the new stone age, there was specialization of jobs.
What is specialization of jobs? What could this lead to?
A person could focus on a job (like basket weaving, making clothes, farming).
This led to a surplus of goods.
People could trade with other cities.
Did early humans live in one place or all over the world?
All over the world due to migration
People during the Paleolithic Age were __________. They moved from place to place rather than settling in one area.
What is nomadic.
What did people in the Paleolithic Age use for shelter?
What are caves.
People during the Neolithic Age were sedentary. They had permanent settlements. What did they live in?
What is mud-brick houses.
What type of art did Neolithic people create?
What is wall paintings and pottery.
What important discoveries were made during the Neolithic Age?
What is farming, permanent settlements, domestication, weaving cloth, advanced tools, etc...
What is Flaking?
Which of the following was an old stone age tool?
Plow or Bone Needle
Bone Needle
What were the houses like in Catal Huyuk?
They were built close together with holes in the roof.
What is specialization?
What is the way people got their jobs. People would specialize in a certain job and only work on that.
Neolithic people domesticated plants and animals. Why was this important? Think about how it helped the people in the villages.
What is by domesticating animals, it helped with farming. It made it easier. For example, animals would pull plows on the farm. By domesticating plants, it gave them clothing, food, and medicine.