Neolithic Era Review (TCI)

Neolithic Vocabulary

100

the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals

Agriculture

200

to train a wild animal to be useful to humans

domesticate

300

one who moves from place to place with no permanent home

Nomad

400

an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil

Fertile Crescent

500

a Neolithic town discovered in central Turkey

Catal Huyuk

Old Stone Age to New Stone Age

100

During this time period, people wandered from place to place to hunt animals and gather plants for food. 

Old Stone Age

200

During this time period, people started to farm and produce their own food. 

Neolithic Age

300

During the Neolithic Age, people learned how to make tools out of ________ instead of stone. 

Metal 

400

Name one way life was different in the Neolithic Age compared to the Paleolithic Age. 

Neolithic - built permanent shelters, larger communities, better tools and clothing, trade with other communities 

500

Many Neolithic settlements were located in the ________ ________, where the land was fertile (good for growing crops). 

Fertile Crescent

Food Supply

100

People in the Paleolithic Age obtained by hunting and gathering. Therefore, they did not have a stable ____ _____.

food supply

200

What happened to wild plants & animals when people stayed in one area too long?

They became scarce (food became scarce) 

300

During the Neolithic Age, people discovered that they could ______ seeds and harvest crops in order to have their own food supply. 

plant 

400

Name one way domesticating animals helped farmers. 

Animals for meat, goats and cattle for milk, mules for carrying heavy loads and pulling plows

500

The growing of crops and the domestication of animals is called ________. 

Agriculture

Shelters & Communities

100

As people started to settle down and farm, they built _______ shelters. 

Permanent 

200

Name one material people used to build their shelters. 

Mud bricks, stones, tree branches, mud

300

Name one way the development of permanent shelters was important. 

Houses gave people protection from weather and wild animals, made life more comfortable, people could cook food in new ways, allowed people to settle together in larger communities. 

400

Name one benefit of living in a larger community.

Defend themselves more easily against enemies, comfortable and safer lives, able to think of new things and have more jobs

500

How did farming lead to larger communities? 

Farming led to people building permanent shelters, which led to people staying in one place longer, which meant the community grew and became larger. 

Jobs & Trade

100

Name one job that developed during the Neolithic Age. 

weavers, basket makers, toolmakers, traders 

200

Name one way that having people focus on just ONE job improved the way of life for the Neolithic people. 

They learned how to become really good at their ONE job - examples: farmers grew more kinds of food, clothing makers learned how to spin & weave, people wove natural fibers into comfortable cloth, decorated pottery and baskets, made jewelry, etc.

300

Why did people trade?

To get resources that they did not have in their town/community 

400

Name one popular item that traders were always looking for. 

Flint, obsidian, or hematite

500

Trading helped people share ________ and ________ throughout the ancient world. 

ideas and knowledge