Lesson 3 Vocab/ Studyguide

Question 1

agriculture

Answer 1

the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals

Question 2

Catal Hoyuk

Answer 2

a Neolithic town discovered in central Turkey

Question 3

domesticate

Answer 3

to train a wild animal to be useful to humans

Question 4

efficiently

Answer 4

Working well; producing very little waste

Question 5

enabled

Answer 5

To provide the means or ability to do something

Question 6

Fertile Crescent

Answer 6

An arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil

Question 7

major

Answer 7

Very important

Question 8

Neolithic Age

Answer 8

The later part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, lasted from around 8000 to 3000 B.C.E.

Question 9

nomad

Answer 9

one who moves from place to place with no permanent home

Question 10

Paleolithic Age

Answer 10

The first period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.

Question 11

rectangular

Answer 11

having the shape of a rectangle

Question 12

resource

Answer 12

Something that can be used to fulfill a need

Question 13

temporary

Answer 13

For a limited time

Question 14

trade

Answer 14

the business of buying and selling or exchanging items

Question 15

Name the change that began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 B.C.E.

Answer 15

Learned how to raise animals and grow crops for food.

Question 16

How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food?

Answer 16

By hunting and gathering

Question 17

The Fertile Crescent was the site of many early settlements because the _____ was good for crops

Answer 17

Fertile land

Question 18

The greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals was they had a _____

Answer 18

Reliable food supply

Question 19

Animals that were domesticated for meat and milk were ______.

Answer 19

Cattle, goats, and sheep

Question 20

Archaeologists have found houses in which the doorways were built high up on the walls. The most likely reason for this is people wanted to be safe from ______.

Answer 20

Protection from wild animals

Question 21

Archaeologists have found decorated pottery and polished stones. This suggested that Neolithic people cared about _________.

Answer 21

Beauty to themselves and there creations

Question 22

Communities allowed the Neolithic people to organize themselves to work _______.

Answer 22

More efficiently

Question 23

The______
of jobs led to better ways of doing things.

Answer 23

Specialization

Question 24

Why did the people of the Paleolithic live in temporary shelters?

Answer 24

They had to wander place to place looking for food.

Question 25

How did the Neolithic people trade with other communities?

Answer 25

They crossed mountains on foot rode Donkeys across
Deserts sailed ships on the Mediterranean Sea

Question 26

Permanent shelters allowed them to ______ and ______ food

Answer 26

Store, cook

Question 27

Trade allowed contact with other people which spread _________ throughout the world.

Answer 27

Ideas, knowledge

Question 28

Why did Neolithic people trade?

Answer 28

Get resources they didn’t have in the area and to improve the strength and beauty.