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STONE AGE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A period also called the New Stone Age, during which planned agriculture and settlement among prehistoric humans began. | Neolithic Period |
| The process of taming an animal and keeping it as a pet or on a farm. | Domestication |
| The separation of tasks in any economic system or organization so that participants may specialize and contribute to the overall good of society. | Division of labor |
| any type of agriculture that is done purposefully, resulting in the production of crops or livestock for food or other products such as eggs, milk, labor, and wool. | Systematic agriculture |
| Inhabiting the same place throughout life; not migratory or nomadic. | Sedentary |
| Huge stones used as monuments or as the sites for religious gatherings. | Megalith |
| The region where the first settled agricultural communities of the Middle East and Mediterranean basin are thought to have originated. | Fertile Crescent |
| The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. | Agriculture |
| the period of time in the past before people could write | Prehistory |
| something (such as a hammer, saw, shovel, etc.) that you hold in your hand and use for a particular task | Tool |
| the people of a particular country, area, time, etc., thought of especially as an organized community | Society |
| an early type of human from which others have evolved. | Hominin |
| something in the past from which something else has developed | Ancestor |
| a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals | Hunter gatherers |
| Where men and women perform different tasks and hold different responsibilities based on their gender | Gender roles |
| Early humans and their ancestors lived during the longest period of time in prehistory, called the Paleolithic Period. It makes up 94% of all human history. The Paleolithic Period includes tools made of stone, bone, and wood. | Paleolithic Era |
| The oldest stone tools from the Paleolithic Age were discovered in ____________. | Africa |
| Early humans primarily made their tools from ____________, ____________, and ____________. | stone,antlers, ivory |
| Hunter-gatherer societies are described as ____________, meaning they moved around with no permanent settlements. | nomadic |
| In a hunter-gatherer society, men primarily focused on ____________, while women primarily focused on ____________ wild foods. | hunting, gathering |
| One theory suggests that the emergence of language helped early humans ____________ for hunting. | coordinate a plan of attack |
| The primary evidence archaeologists use to hypothesize about the first human religions is the discovery of ____________ containing food and artifacts. | graves |
| Paleolithic art is most famously found on ____________ and commonly depicts images of ____________ and ____________. | cave walls, people , animals |
| Permanent settlements were possible for some Paleolithic groups due to the availability of ____________ resources, which allowed for a ____________ lifestyle. | surplus, sedentary |
| The discovery of the fossil ____________ (species: Australopithecus afarensis) was significant because her skeletal structure proved she ____________ like a human. | Lucy ,walked upright |
| The discovery of ________________ confused scientists because she was neither chimpanzee or human. | ardi |
| The Neolithic Period is also known as the ____________ Stone Age and is defined by the beginning of planned ____________ and settlement. | new, agriculture |
| The ____________ Revolution describes the time when people learned they could plant seeds to grow their own crops. | Neolithic |
| The first settled agricultural communities are thought to have originated in the geographical region known as the ____________ ____________. | Fertile Crescent |
| ____________ is the process of taming an animal and keeping it on a farm or as a pet. | domestication |
| The term ____________ describes the Neolithic lifestyle of inhabiting the same place throughout life, rather than moving. | sedentary |
| Planting crops led to the construction of ____________ establishments like homes, villages, and towns. | permanent |
| Early farmers domesticated animals like sheep and goats to use for milk, food, wool, and ____________ ____________. | carrying loads |
| A ____________ ____________ (extra food) led to a population boom in Neolithic societies. | food surplus |
| The increase in population resulted in a ____________ ____________, where individuals specialized in different tasks. | division of labor |
| Farmers used the tool called the ____________ to till the earth and chop trees. | adzes |
| ____________ are huge stones used as monuments or sites for religious gatherings in the Neolithic Era. | megaliths |
| Neolithic people often suffered from ____________ because their diet was mainly limited to ____________. | malnourishment, grains |
| Living in dense communities and villages led to an increase in ____________ ____________. | human diseases |
| One risk of a sedentary lifestyle was that a single bad harvest could lead to widespread ____________. | famine |
| Population density and permanent towns also resulted in an increase in ____________ among different villages. | warfare |
| Neolithic people likely worshipped gods connected with ____________ elements like air, water, and earth. | nature |
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