SS Lesson 3 Vocabulary/Study Guide Flashcards
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The business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
Agriculture
A Neolithic town discovered in central Turkey
Catal Hoyuk
To train a wild animal to be useful to humans
Domesticate
Working well; producing very little waste
Efficientlt
To provide the means or ability to do something
Enabled
An arc- shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil
Fertile Crescent
Very important
Major
The later part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, lasted from around 8000 to 3000 B.C.E.
Neolithic Age
One who moves from place to place with no permanent home
Nomad
The first period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.
Paleolithic Age
Having the shape of a rectangle
Rectangular
Something that can be used to fulfill a need
Resource
For a limited time
Temporary
The business of buying and selling or exchanging items
Trade
Name the change that began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 B.C.E
Farming
How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food
Hunted and gathered
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 the had a
Stable food supply
Animals that were domesticated for meat and milk were
Cattle, goats, sheep
Archaeologists have found houses in which the doorway’s were built high up walls. The most likely reason for this is people wanted to be safe from
Animals and enemies
Archaeologists 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
Efficiently
The ——of jobs led to better ways of doing things
Specialization
Why did the people of the Paleolithic live in temporary shelters
Because they were nomads, traveling from place to place
