Nomads
What is a nomad
A person who travels from place to place
What is the Neolithic Revolution
Humans began to settle in one area and grow crops.
What is an Ax and what is it used for
An Ax is used as a weapon for war
What is livestock
To domesticate animals.
What are the benefits of farming
Domesticating plants, being able to stay in one place, stable food source
Why do nomads move from place to place
To escape bad weather conditions and to follow food
What were the two things humans domesticated?
Plants and animals
What is a scrapper
Large sharp stone used for scrapping animal meat from a carcass
What is domesticating
Breed animals and crops for their best traits
What are the benefits of domesticating animals
Being able to have a stable food source, no longer have to follow animals for food
What are some tools nomads used
Ax, hammer and chissel, blade, scrapper.
What is the advantage of settling in one area
To be able to grow crops, have a stable food source, and to have live stock.
What is a blade
small sharp piece of stone that is used to make cuts and run along a bone
Why did humans domesticate animals
To have a stable food source
Why were was animal herding and farmers a skill
Being able to know how to breed and domesticate animals
What is a hunter and gatherer
A person who hunts for food and gathers plants and wild nuts.
What is the major change from nomads to neolithic revolution
The major change was from wandering from place to place to settling in one area.
How are ancient tools important to archeology
Why did humans domesticate plants
To breed and grow crops for their best traits.
What is specialization
Being an expert at one job
What is the cons/issues with being a nomad
Have to move from place to place, no stable food source, have to follow animals, have to find plants and nuts to eat
Why did early humans need to domesticate animals
To make jobs easier and for food
Why were toold important
Tools made life easier for early humans by making jobs easier
What were the first animals to be domesticated
Horses, Ox, cattle
Where did early humans settle during the Neolithic Revolution that benefited crops and animals
By rivers for a stable water source to water crops and for animals to drink water