SS L3 Vocad And Study Guide Flashcards
Name the change that began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 B.C.E.
Farming
How did people in the Paleolithic age get their food?
Paleolithic people got food by hunting and gathering
The Fertile Crescent was the site of many early settlements because the — was good for crops
Soil
The greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals was they had a…
Stable food supply
Animals that were domesticated for meat and milk were
Goats/cattle/sheep
Archaeologists have found houses in which the doorways were built high up on the walls. The most likely reason for the is is people wanted to be safe from…
Wild animals and bandits
Archeologists have found decorated pottery and polished stones. This suggested that Neolithic people cared about…
Beauty
Communities allowed the Neolithic people to organize themselves to work…
More efficiently
The — of jobs led to better ways of doing things
Specialization
Why did the people of the Paleolithic live in temporary shelters?
Because people were nomads
How did Neolithic people trade with other communities?
~Crossed mountains on foot
~Rode donkeys across the deserts
~Sailed the Mediterranean Sea on ships.
Permanent shelters allowed them to — and — food
Store and cook
Trade allowed contact with other people which spread — and — throughout the world
Ideas and knowledge
Why did Neolithic people trade?
Get resources they couldn’t get and improve beauty and strength of the things made
The business of farming;growing and raising animals
Agriculture
