Neolithic Age

Question 1

What is the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 1

Definition: An area of land between the Euphrates River and the Tigris River that is good for growing crops.

Also known as Mesopotamia.

Question 2

What is the Neolithic Age?

Answer 2

Definition: Time period between 8000 and 3000 BCE.

Achievements Include: Growing crops, raising livestock, making pottery, and settling in villages.

Question 3

What are resources?

Answer 3

Definition: The things you have and use to survive

Examples: animals, wood, oil

Question 4

What is agriculture?

Answer 4

Definition: The process of modifying the environment to meet humans’ needs. This includes farming and raising animals for food.

Question 5

What is domestication?

Answer 5

Definition: Making something more useful to humans. (Usually a plant or animal)

Question 6

What is irrigation?

Answer 6

Definition: Technology used to bring water to crops which allowed people to grow more food.

Question 7

What is a food surplus?

Answer 7

Definition: When more food is produced than needed to survive which means extra food.

Question 8

What is economy?

Answer 8

Definition: The system a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services.

Example: In prehistoric communities, economy was based on agriculture.

Question 9

What is specialization?

Answer 9

Definition: When people become experts in different areas of work and have different jobs.

Question 10

What is hierarchy?

Answer 10

Definition: When people are considered more imprint or are more powerful any society. This helps to create Government in the Neolithic age.