vocabulary
the later part of the Stone Age during which people began to grow their own foods and lived in the same place year after year
What is the Neolithic Age
how did early humans find food during the Old Stone Age
men hunted animals & women and children gathered wild plants.
name some of the survival skills our ancestors learned throughout the Stone Age
They made sinple/advanced tools, farming/planting, domesticating animals, fire
Where did the earliest cities settle?
Near rivers and fertile land so they can farm and have access to water.
The practice of growing plants and rearing animals for food.
What is agriculture
Social scientist who collected data to tell a story about the past.
What is a historian
what is the major difference between the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age
people stopped hunting and began to grow their own food and domesticate animals. They stopped being nomads and became settlers.
why was the discovery of fire so important for the people who lived in the old stone age
it allowed them to move to colder climates because they could keep warm. It also allowed to protect themselves and cook food.
Examples of crops that were first plants
wheat and grains
What is fertile
people who have no settled home and are always on the move in order to survive.
What is nomads
what technology did early humans use to get food (what were their tools made from)?
What is used tools made from stone, wood, animal bones
What do you think were some of the advantages of the settled life over a nomadic one?
This allows people to have a safer life where they start inventing new things and developing more jobs. They also had a more stable life which allowed populations to grow.
Examples of animals that were domesticated
Dogs, pigs, sheep, goats..etc
the exchange of goods.
What is trade.
Human made objects that give clues on how people lived.
What is an artifact
what was the connection between farming and the growth of early cities?
as people farmed, communicates got bigger which turned villages. That allowed for populations grow which led to the rise of cities.
What do cave paintings reveal about Paleolithic Age?
why was the invention of the wheel so important
goods could be loaded into carts and transported farther and easier
a period of time during which people made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone; the earliest known period of human culture
What is Paleolithic Age
What are specialized jobs.
how can we learn about people who lived before written history?
Archaeologists look at artifacts they left behind (ex: bones, weapons, other items)
The wheel
In what ways was the agricultural revolution an important breakthrough in human history?
It allowed for new jobs to develop, villages and cities to grow, governments to rule and a full civilization to begin.