Paleolithic vs. Neolithic
This era, also known as the Old Stone Age, lasted from about 2 million years ago until 8000 BCE, when humans lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
Permanent shelters protected Neolithic people from wild animals and this other major challenge.
What is harsh weather?
Domesticating plants allowed humans to grow wild grasses and crops rather than searching for wild plants, giving them a reliable supply of this.
What is food?
The development of specific jobs such as weaving, pottery making, or tool crafting by individual workers is known by this term
What is job specialization?
Trade allowed Neolithic communities to obtain resources and raw materials that were not found in their own local area.
What are resources / raw materials?
The Neolithic Age began around 8000 BCE when early humans first learned to do this to plants and animals.
What is domesticate them?
In settlements like Çatalhöyük, doorways and entrances to houses were built high up on the walls or roofs for this primary reason.
What is protection from wild animals, floodwaters, and outside enemies or invaders?
Along with cattle, these two animals were among the earliest farm animals domesticated to provide milk, meat, and labor
What are sheep and goats?
Individuals developed a variety of skills and divided up the work to help communities do this
What is produce more and meet their needs?
Along with goods, trade helped spread new ideas, technology, and this across different regions.
What is culture?
The Neolithic Age ended around 3000 BCE when people learned to make and use tools out of this material.
What is metal?
Larger communities became possible in the Neolithic Age because farming created a stable and reliable source of this.
What is food?
This animal was domesticated mainly for meat and milk.
What is the goat?
Specialization was made possible because farming freed people from needing to spend all their time doing this.
What is gathering / searching for food?
Archaeologists have found decorated pottery and polished stones, which shows Neolithic people cared about this.
What is beauty?
Before farming, people lived as nomads because they had to do this constantly to find food.
What is migrate / move from place to place?
Besides protection from animals and weather, permanent shelters in the Neolithic Age allowed communities to do this with their food supply.
What is store it safely?
Raising domesticated animals allowed Neolithic people to obtain wool for clothing and this vital liquid food source without needing to hunt.
What is milk?
Crafting clay pots and open hearths inside shelters allowed Neolithic workers to store food safely and do this activity more easily.
What is cooking?
Neolithic traders traveled to obtain this dark, volcanic glass resource used for making sharp tools.
What is obsidian?
This key discovery was the main catalyst that allowed humans to transition from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age.
What is farming / agriculture?
This region was an ideal location for early settlements because of its rich soil, abundant freshwater, and moderate climate.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Domesticating animals provided Neolithic communities with meat, milk, and wool, as well as this benefit in the fields.
What is labor (working/hauling)?
These two specific non-farming specialized jobs produced items used for clothing and holding stored food.
What are weavers and potters (weaving and pottery making)?
In addition to obsidian and copper, traders sought out this iron ore mineral used as a red pigment for beauty and decoration.
What is hematite?