Old Stone Age vs. New Stone Age
This age lasted from about 2 million B.C.E. to 8000 B.C.E. and is also known as the Old Stone Age.
Paleolithic Age
Having extra or having more than what is needed (like extra food).
Surplus
Besides goats, name two other animals that Neolithic humans domesticated.
Sheep, cattle, or mules (any two)
Catal Hoyuk was a famous Neolithic town located in this modern-day country.
Turkey
The primary reason Neolithic people traveled to trade with other groups.
To get resources they lacked in their home area
The Neolithic Age began around 8000 B.C.E. because of this major discovery.
Farming (or Agriculture)
The business of farming, which includes growing crops and raising animals.
Agriculture
The primary reason Neolithic people trained goats was for these two food products.
Meat and milk
Dividing up work into specialized roles allowed villagers to make more goods in this amount of time.
The same amount of time
A side effect of traveling to trade was that traders learned about this from other groups.
How other groups lived (or other cultures/languages)
Paleolithic people got their food by doing these two activities.
Hunting and Gathering
To train a wild animal to be useful to humans, such as goats for meat and milk.
Domesticate
Permanent Neolithic shelters allowed people to develop new cooking methods using these in their homes.
Clay cooking pits (or clay-lined pits)
Name two specialized jobs that people in Catal Hoyuk performed besides farming.
Spinners, Weavers, Basket Makers, or Toolmakers (any two)
This animal was one of the first to be domesticated mainly for its meat and milk.
Goat
Paleolithic shelters were temporary, such as caves or tents, because the people lived as these wanderers with no permanent home.
Nomads
Buying, selling, or exchanging items to get resources you lack in your home area.
Trade
Having permanent shelters allowed people to live together in these larger, established settlements instead of moving around.
Communities (or villages)
Neolithic communities were able to grow much larger than Paleolithic groups because agriculture provided this main benefit.
A stable food supply (or enough food / surplus to support more people)
Instead of everyone spending all day searching for food, people were able to take on specialized jobs because of this reason.
Fewer farmers were needed to feed the whole village
Unlike Paleolithic people, Neolithic villagers built permanent homes made primarily out of this material.
Mud bricks
Doing a job well while producing very little waste.
Efficiently
Instead of searching for food all day, Neolithic villagers were able to organize their work through this system where everyone had a specific task.
Job Specialization (or division of labor)
Catal Hoyuk is especially famous historically for this key feature of town life.
Specialized jobs (or job specialization)
Paleolithic communities remained small mainly because of this constant need.
They had to keep moving from place to place to follow food