Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
100

This is another name for the Paleolithic Age.

Old Stone Age

100

This is another name for the Neolithic Age.

New Stone Age

100

This is the business of buying and selling or exchanging items.

trade

100

This is something that can be used to fulfill a need.

resource

100

Doors were placed up high in walls of homes and buildings for this reason.

protection from harsh weather and wild animals

200

People in the Paleolithic Age got their food this way.

hunting and gathering

200

These were used to reach the entrance to homes in the Neolithic Age.

ladders

200

This is the business of raising crops and animals. 

agriculture

200

This is a person who moves from place to place without a permanent home.

nomad

200

This was the greatest benefit of farmers learning to raise their own crops and animals.

stable food supply

500

People in the Paleolithic Age lived in these types of structures.

caves or temporary shelters

500
Neolithic people cared very much for this as seen in decorated pottery and polished stones found by archaeologists.

beauty

500

This word means to train an animal for human use.

domesticate
500

Neolithic people traded for this material in order to make stronger tools.

obsidian

500

This animal was domesticated mainly for meat and milk.

goat or cow

800

People in the Paleolithic Age had to move a lot for this reason.

They ran out of food and resources staying in one area.

800

The Neolithic period ended when people learned to make tools and weapons out of this material.

metal

800

This is an arc-shaped area of land in Southwest Asia with rich soil that is good for growing crops.

Fertile Crescent

800

Besides goods, this also was exchanged by trading in the Neolithic Age. 

ideas/thoughts

800

People in the Neolithic Age could live in larger groups of people for this reason. 

They could grow enough food to support many people. 

1000

Archaeologists learned about life in the Paleolithic Age because of these items left behind in caves.

cave paintings

1000

It was safer to live in large groups during the Neolithic Age for this reason.

defense against attack

1000

This is the name of a Neolithic town found in central Turkey.

Catal Hoyuk

1000

This new way of cooking was developed during the Neolithic Age due to the development of permanent homes.

using clay-lined pits

1000

Dividing up work in a community helped meet peoples' needs better because of this. 

People had more time on their hands and could develop a variety of skills.