Chapter 6: Development of Agriculture and Technology

Question 1

(Neolithic) Agricultural Revolution

Answer 1

The transition from foraging to the the cultivation of food occurring about 8000-2000 BCE; also known as the Neolithic Revolution.

Question 2

animism

Answer 2

The belief that spirits inhabit the features of nature.

Question 3

artifact

Answer 3

An object made by human hands.

Question 4

foraging

Answer 4

A term for hunting and gathering.

Question 5

Neolithic Age

Answer 5

The New Stone Age; began after the Paleolithic Age; named for its characteristic tools made from stone.

Question 6

Neolithic Revolution

Answer 6

The shift from hunting and gathering to the domestication of animals and the growing and farming of food.

Question 7

Paleolithic Age

Answer 7

Also called the Old Stone Age; the concern for a shortage of food was solved by starting to end nomadic movement and instead farming.

Question 8

pastoralism

Answer 8

The practice of herding.

Question 9

slash-and-burn cultivation

Answer 9

An agricultural method in which farmers clear fields by cutting and burning trees, then use the ashes as fertilizer.

Question 10

specialization of labor

Answer 10

The division of labor that aids the development of skills in a particular type of work.