Lesson 3-vocab And Study Guide

Question 1

The business of farming; growing crops and raising animals

Answer 1

agriculture

Question 2

a Neolithic town discovered in central Turkey

Answer 2

Catal Hoyuk

Question 3

to train a wild animal to be useful to humans

Answer 3

domesticate

Question 4

working well; producing very little waste

Answer 4

efficiently

Question 5

to provide the means or ability to do something

Answer 5

enabled

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Fertile Crescent

Question 7

very important

Answer 7

major

Question 8

the later part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, lasted from around 8000 to 3000 B.C.E

Answer 8

Neolithic Age

Question 9

one who moves from place to place with no permanent home

Answer 9

nomad

Question 10

the first period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.

Answer 10

Paleolithic Age

Question 11

Having the shape of a rectugangle

Answer 11

rectangular

Question 12

something that can be used to fulfill a need

Answer 12

resource

Question 13

for a limited time

Answer 13

temporary

Question 14

the business of buying and selling or exchanging items

Answer 14

trade

Question 15

Name the change that began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 B.C.E.

Answer 15

Farming

Question 16

How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food?by hunting animals and gathering

Question 17

The Fertile Crescent was the site of many early settlements because the _______ was good for crops.

Answer 17

Dirt

Question 18

The greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals was they had a ______________.

Answer 18

Stable food supply.

Question 19

Animals that were domesticated for meat and milk were ______.

Answer 19

Goats sheep cattle.

Question 20

Archaeologists have found houses in which the doorways were built high up on the walls. The most likely reason for this is people wanted to be safe from __________________.

Answer 20

Harsh weather and wild animals

Question 21

Archaeologists have found decorated pottery and polished stones. This suggested that Neolithic people cared about ___________.

Answer 21

Beauty

Question 22

Communities allowed the Neolithic people to organize themselves to work _________.

Answer 22

Efficiently

Question 23

The _______________ of jobs led to better ways of doing things.

Answer 23

Specialization

Question 24

Why did the people of the Paleolithic live in temporary shelters?

Answer 24

Because they were nomads traveling place to place

Question 25

How did the Neolithic people trade with other communities?

Answer 25

Walking on foot riding donkeys and sailing on ships

Question 26

Permanent shelters allowed them to ___________ and __________ food.

Answer 26

Cook and store

Question 27

Trade allowed contact with other people which spread ________ and _____ throughout the world.

Answer 27

Ideas and knowledge

Question 28

Why did Neolithic people trade?

Answer 28

To get resources they lacked