Vocabulary
Technology
Geography
Art
Misc.
100
Another word for "farming"
Agriculture
100
This tool is used for chopping trees
Ax
100
Where is Jerf el-Ahmar?
Syria, the Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia or the Near East
100
This neolithic building is used for religious purposes
Temple
100
What does "to domesticate" mean?
To tame something wild
To bring into the house
200
The opposite of "nomadic"
Sedentary
200
This pig jar is an example of what technology:
Pottery
200
What continent domesticated llamas and alpacas?
South America
200
Early neolithic religious figures were commonly what form?
Fertility goddesses
200
When does the neolithic era start?
10,000-8,000 BCE
300
What does "paleolithic" and "neolithic" mean?
Old Stone
New Stone
300
This tool is used for harvest grain
Sickle
300
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between 2 rivers
300
How are neolithic dwellings different from paleolithic dwellings?
Permanent houses with roofs of stone or wood instead of caves.
300
What continent first farmed cassava?
The Americas
400
A living place for people
Dwelling
400
This tool is used for grinding grain
Millstone
400
What is one modern country in Mesopotamia?
Turkey, Syria, Iraq
Lebanon, Jordan, Israel/Palestine, Iran, Egypt
400
What is an example of neolithic "standing stones?"
Several answers possible.
Menhirs of Carnac
Stonehenge
Gobekli Tepe
Dolemans
400
How did neolithic people change their clothing?
Animal hides to cloth (from linen or flax)
500
An adjective meaning "farmed" or "developed"
ex) A _________ field
Cultivated
500
The use of bronze ended the neolithic age. What two metals make bronze?
Copper and tin
500
What continent farmed taro?
Oceania
500
What's a megalith?
A giant stone (used for monuments)
500
What is one environmental change caused by sedentary life?
Deforestation due to fires, chopping forests, and gazing herd animals.