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Ch 3 pg. 53-71
Early Humans and Agricultural Revolution
Question | Answer |
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relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age | Paleolithic |
people who move from place to place as a group to find food for themselves | nomads |
an ability gained by the practical use of knowledge | technology |
a time when glaciers covered much of the land | Ice Age |
to move from one place to the other | migrate |
relating to the latest period of the Stone Age | Neolithic Age |
farming or growing food | agriculture |
to adapt an animal to living with humans for the advantage of human (to train plants or animals to be useful to people) | domesticate |
the act of training for a particular job | specialization |
the period in ancient human culture when people began to make and use bronze | Bronze Age |
a place where people worship | shrine |
a type of government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parent | monarchy |
a person who meets needs by hunting animals and gathering plants | hunter-gatherer |
a process of shaping stones by chipping pieces of the edges | flaking |
an extra supply of something, such as crops, that is not needed immediately | surplus |
a culture that has developed systems of specialization, religion, education, and government | civilization |