Paleo & Neo Era
The end of the _________Era began in the ___________ Era where people learned to farm.
Paleolithic, Neolithic
To tame an animal means to make it useful to humans.
domesticate
The invention of pottery allowed Neolithic people to do this more effectively.
Store food or water
How did food surpluses change the size of communities?
Communities got larger because they were able to feed more people because they were growing their own food.
Time before the development of written records
Prehistory
Living in one place
Sedentary
The development of this tool allowed Neolithic people to create these essential items like sails and rugs.
The loom
Explain one way that living in larger, settled communities affected social or political life (for example, how people were organized or rules they followed).
Development of leaders rules/laws, social classes (some people had more wealth or power), organized labor, or religious leaders.
A time where humans were hunter-gathers and nomads.
Paleolithic Era
What is agriculture?
Farming/growing your own crops and raising livestock
Raising plants and animals for human use is called
Domestication
Wood, stone, and animal bones were the three things used to make Paleolithic ___________
Tools
The Neolithic Era is also know as the _______ ______ age.
New Stone Age
Term for Paleolithic people named after the two ways they got their food.
Hunter-Gatherer
The major human development during the Paleolithic period that allowed people to communicate more effectively is called
Language
Farming allowed people to store extra food. Explain one technological development that grew out of having extra food
Invention or improvement of tools (plows, wheel), pottery for storage, permanent houses.
The Neolithic Era happened around _________years ago.
12,000 years ago. (10,000 BCE)
People with no permanent home, they move from place to place in search of food
Nomads
The process of concentrating on and becoming expert in a particular subject, skill or job is called
Specialized worker or Artisan
Describe how the Neolithic Revolution contributed to the beginnings of cities and early civilizations.
Include at least two reasons in your answer.
Farming created food surpluses so not everyone needed to farm; people became artisans (potters, toolmakers), traders, builders, leaders/administrators, priests.
Specific examples: potters making pottery, weavers making textiles.