Vocabulary
To adapt an animal to living with humans for the advantage of humans.
Domesticate
To set up in a particular place
Locate
Why did many nomads move into new areas after the Ice Age?
The Earth’s temperature rose and they moved to areas with a mild climate and fertile land.
The population grew at a faster rate.
What kind of jobs did neolithic people specialize in?
Artisans, making weaponds or jewelry, making pottery
Growing food on a regular basis
Systematic Agriculture
The act of training for a particular job
Specialization
What replaced hunting and gathering as the main source of food?
Farming
How did the spread of farming change the lives of nomads?
Farming became an economic activity, so they were able to domesticate animals and different types of crops emerged.
What were some of the technological advancements made during the Neolithic Age?
They discovered that mixing copper and tin made bronze. This was a breakthrough because bronze was stronger than copper.
Relating to the latest period of the Stone Age. This means “new stone” in Greek.
Neolithic Age
The period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze.
Bronze Age
What was the purpose of animals in the Neolithic Times?
Transport goods and provided meat, milk, and wool.
Where and why did people build permanent homes.
Near fields so people could plant, grow and harvest their crops more easily.
How were the social classes of the early civilizations organized.
They were organized in groups defined by the type of work people did.
The system of economic life in an area or country.
Economy
A government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parent.
Monarchy
Why was the term “New Stone Age” misleading?
Although new stone tools were made, the real change was the shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture.
What role did religion play in the Neolithic Community of Catalhuyak?
The shrines and statues in their homes showed that the rise if religion was growing in the lives of Neolithic People.
How did people pass on information through writing?
They created symbols.
A place where people worship
Shrine
The science and practice of raising livestock, cultivating soil, and producing crops for food and other products.
Agriculture
What is any change that had an enormous effect on people’s ways of life called?
A revolution
What were the benefits of a settled life in the Neolithic Age?
Protection from weather and wild animals, greater security, steady food supplies, growing population.
Why did religions emerge in the new civilizations?
To help people explain their lives.