Vocab Terms
To tame animals for human use
domesticate
A nomad is a person who moves from place to place to survive.
True
A constant food supply allowed the ___________________to grow at a faster rate.
Population
Wheat or Cheese
FARMER
What does Paleolithic mean?
OLD Stone Age
When you have more than you need of something
Surplus
Mesopotamia means "land of many rivers"
False, it means "land between two rivers."
People began settling near the crop fields and _________________sources.
Water
Deer
Hunter Gatherer
What was the main way Paleolithic people got their food?
Hunting and Gathering
Farming first took place during what age
Neolithic Age
Elephants are great for domesticating because they breed so quickly
False
__________and__________ of the Paleolithic Era became farmers during the Neolithic Era.
hunters and gatherers
Berries
Hunter Gatherer
A sharp tool that digs up the ground to help with farming
A plow
The act of training for a particular job
specialization
Nomads were great at farming.
False
Villagers produced more than they could eat, so they began to _______________their food for supplies they could not produce themselves.
Trade
Goat Milk
Farmer
Why did Neolithic people settle in one place?
To farm and raise animals
Tools and methods to perform tasks
Inventions
Hunter Gatherer diet included mostly meats
True
Humans had extra ____________ to create things because of agriculture and food surplus.
Time
Mammoth
Hunter Gatherer
Why is it called the "Stone Age"?
people used stone tools