Stone Age Vocabulary
This is a term used to describe a person who find foods by gathering what they can find or hunting.
Hunter Gatherer
How did early humans show what was important to them?
By cave paintings.
What term is used for the staying in place of the Neolithic people?
Settlement
True or False: The Stone Age humans talked to each other.
False
What are the cardinal directions?
North, South, West, East
The term used to change animals so that you can have them as pets/use for farming.
Domestication
What kind of lifestyle did the Paleolithic people have?
They were nomadic- they traveled in groups, never staying in the same place for long, Hunters and gatherers.
What kind of lifestyle did the Neolithic people have?
They stayed in one place. They farmed, made permanent houses, raised animals
What is stratigraphy?
The science of studying layers of rock, soil, and sediment to learn about what happened in the past & artifacts.
Thematic, topographical, road, political
What is a land-bridge?
A strip of land that connects two continents together that aren’t normally connected.
What did the Paleolithic people do to have food? What kinds of foods did they have?
They were hunter gatherers, men hunted the animals and women gathered nuts and fruits.
What did the Neolithic people do to get food? What kinds of foods did they eat?
They grew crops like corn, wheat and beans, and farmed their animals then ate them.
What was the name of one of the first Neolithic settlements we learned about in class?
Catalhoyuk
Name 4 things that are always on a map
Title, Compass Rose, scale, Key
What does an archeologist do
A scientist who studies prehistoric people by analyzing artifacts, inscriptions, and monuments from the past.
what kinds of homes did the Paleolithic people have?
They lived in the mouths of caves, huts and skin tents.
What kinds of homes did the Neolithic people have?
mud brick homes/permanent homes
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
The Neolithic Revolution was a change in the way people got their food. People learned to plant seeds to grow fruits and vegetables for food.
What are the five oceans?
Indian, Pacific, Arctic, Southern, Atlantic
What does Paleo, Neo, and Lithic mean
Paleo- old
Neo- new
Lithic - stone
What was the Paleolithic people's main achievements (2)
Fire and stone tools
What was the Neolithic people's main achievements (2)
agriculture and metal tools
Name 2 effects of the Neolithic Revolution
agriculture, domestication of animals, division of labor, surplus of foods, technology
Name the 7 Continents
Asia, Africa, Antarctica, North America, South America, Europe, Australia