Vocab
Geography
Neolithic or Paleolithic?
Innovations
Environment
100
Neolithic Revolution
The time during the Stone Age when people used stone tools and began to grow crops and raise animals
100
This is the first continent which humans lived on in history
Africa
100
They were hunter-gatherers
Paleolithic
100
This innovation is also known as farming
Agriculture
100
These are different forms of irrigation
Drip, Flood, and Spray
200
Hunting and Gathering
A lifestyle in which most or all food is obtained by foraging and hunting.
200
This ocean separates the continents of Asia and the Americas
Pacific Ocean
200
They used agriculture
Neolithic
200
Places people live for a long periods of time, even for their whole lives
Permanent Settlements
200
One of the videos we watched in class showed a man making these, which were used to build houses
Mud Bricks
300
Turning Point
An event in which a significant and lasting change occurs.
300
The Fertile Crescent, where some of the first civilizations began, is located in a region known as...
Middle East
300
They were nomads
Paleolithic
300
The process of changing a wild animal or plant so it can be grown or raised by humans
Domestication
300
Give one example of how humans change or modify their environment to meet their needs
Domesticating animals/creating farms
Building bridges
Building canals
Removing/adding trees and shrubs
400
Fertile Crescent
A crescent-shaped region in Western Asia with very fertile soil.
400
This is the direction humans had to travel to get to North America from Africa
North and East
400
They built permanent settlements
Neolithic
400
This innovation helped humans get more food and allowed them to settle down in one place
Agriculture
400
Early civilizations were located on or near these bodies of water
Rivers
500
Cultural Diffusion
The spread of certain aspects of one culture to different ethnicities, religions, nationalities, regions, etc.
500
Fertile Crescent
500
They used stone tools
Paleolithic
500
The process of bringing water from a natural source to an area without water
Irrigation
500
Terrace Farming