Vocabulary
Scientists who dig up and study human remains to piece together the story of the past are called _______________
What are archaeologists.
Describe the weather during the Paleolithic Age.
The weather was cold. Ice covered much of the earth.
What was the change in weather? How did it help the Neolithic people with food?
What is it became warmer. With the snow and glaciers melting, the land became more fertile, which helped with farming.
What was a downside of people living in a permanent settlement
Diseases spread more easily
What is domestication? Which age did this?
What is taming animals and plants. The people of the Neolithic Age did this.
BCE stands for
Before the Common Era
What does Paleolithic Age mean?
What is Old Stone Age.
What life changing event did Neolithic people begin to do? This is considered the Neolithic Revolution. (turning point)
What is farm.
Describe tools in the Paleolithic Age.
What is simple stone tools.
What does Neolithic Age mean?
What is New Stone Age.
___________ are traces of living things such as plant impressions or footprints that are found embedded in stone.
What are fossils.
What is the term for the stretch of land where farming was developed
Fertile Crescent
Or
Mesopotamia
Something that you want that you can get by consuming a good or a service is called
AN economic want
Describe the tools that were used in the Neolithic Age.
What is stone tools.
What is a turning point?
What is a significant change.
People during the Paleolithic Age were __________. They moved from place to place rather than settling in one area.
What is nomadic.
OR
What is hunter-gatherers.
Missing out on something when you choose one option over another is called
Opportunity cost
People during the Neolithic Age were sedentary. They had permanent settlements. What did they live in?
What is mud-brick houses.
Name three Seas near Mesopotamia
Caspian, Black, Red, Mediterranean
What important discoveries were made during the Neolithic Age?
What is farming, permanent settlements, domestication, weaving cloth, advanced tools, etc...
(Need to say two to get the points)
During the Neolithic age, people were ___________. Meaning they lived in one place rather than moving from place to place.
What is sedentary.
What are the three categories of human resources
Human, Capital, and Natural
Which one of these is a secondary source:
A song, A Newsela article, a painting, a transcript of a phone call
Newsela article
What is specialization?
What is the way people got their jobs. People would specialize in a certain job and only work on that. (you get the points as long as you say something about how people had different jobs instead of just getting food)
Neolithic people domesticated plants and animals. Why was this important? Think about how it helped the people in the villages.
What is by domesticating animals, it helped with farming. It made it easier. For example, animals would pull plows on the farm. By domesticating plants, it gave them clothing, food, and medicine.