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Social Studies 9
Test on the neolithic revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Artifact | human made objects |
| culture | a persons unique way of life |
| hominid | a member of a biological group that walks upright |
| paleolithic age | a prehistoric age that lasted from about 25,000,000 to 8000BC. People made use of crude weapons and tools |
| Neolithic age | a prehistoric period that began about 8000BC and ended around 3000BC. People learned to polish stone tools, grow crops, and raise animals. "the stone age" |
| Artifact | human made objects |
| culture | a persons unique way of life |
| hominid | a member of a biological group that walks upright |
| paleolithic age | a prehistoric age that lasted from about 25,000,000 to 8000BC. People made use of crude weapons and tools |
| Neolithic age | a prehistoric period that began about 8000BC and ended around 3000BC. People learned to polish stone tools, grow crops, and raise animals. "the stone age" |
| Technology | the ways in which people apply knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs |
| Homo- sapiens | the bio logical species in which humans belong |
| Nomad | a member of a group that has no permanent home, wandering for food |
| Neolithic Revolution | the major change in peoples life caused by the start of farming |
| domestication | the taming of animals for human use |
| civilization | the form of culture characterized by cities, specilized, complex institutes record keeping, and advanced technology |
| Artisan | a skilled worker, such as a weaver or potter, who makes goods by hand |
| cuneiform | a system of writing with wedge shaped symbols, invented by the sumerians around 3000BC |
| Barter | a form of trade in which people exchange goods and services without the use of money |
| Ziggurat | a tiered, pyramid shaped structure that formed part of a summerian temple |
| Mesopotamia- the fertile crescent, the lakes | tigris and euphrates |
| Did the fertile crescent have natural barriers? | no |
| geography of egypt | irrigation, floods are predictable, deserts served as natural barriers, nile river |
| Indus Valler | large cities, prosperous society, limited conflict, polytheistic |