SS L3 Vocad And Study Guide Flashcards

1
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Name the change that began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 B.C.E.

A

Farming

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2
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How did people in the Paleolithic age get their food?

A

Paleolithic people got food by hunting and gathering

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3
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The Fertile Crescent was the site of many early settlements because the — was good for crops

A

Soil

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4
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The greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals was they had a…

A

Stable food supply

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5
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Animals that were domesticated for meat and milk were

A

Goats/cattle/sheep

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6
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Archaeologists have found houses in which the doorways were built high up on the walls. The most likely reason for the is is people wanted to be safe from…

A

Wild animals and bandits

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7
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Archeologists have found decorated pottery and polished stones. This suggested that Neolithic people cared about…

A

Beauty

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8
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Communities allowed the Neolithic people to organize themselves to work…

A

More efficiently

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9
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The — of jobs led to better ways of doing things

A

Specialization

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10
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Why did the people of the Paleolithic live in temporary shelters?

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Because people were nomads

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11
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How did Neolithic people trade with other communities?

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~Crossed mountains on foot
~Rode donkeys across the deserts
~Sailed the Mediterranean Sea on ships.

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12
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Permanent shelters allowed them to — and — food

A

Store and cook

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13
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Trade allowed contact with other people which spread — and — throughout the world

A

Ideas and knowledge

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14
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Why did Neolithic people trade?

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Get resources they couldn’t get and improve beauty and strength of the things made

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15
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The business of farming;growing and raising animals

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Agriculture

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16
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A Neolithic town discovered in central turkey

A

Catal hoyuk

17
Q

To train a wild animal to be useful to humans

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Domesticate

18
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Working well;producing very little waste

A

Efficiently

19
Q

To provide the means or ability to do something

A

Enable

20
Q

An arc shaped region in south west Asia, with rich soil

A

Fertile Crescent

21
Q

Very important

A

Major

22
Q

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

A

Neolithic age

23
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One who moves from place to place with no permanent home

A

Nomad

24
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The first period of the Stone Age, called the old Stone Age, from around 2 million years ago to around 8000 B.C.E.

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Paleolithic Age

25
Q

Having the shape of a rectangle

A

Rectangular

26
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Something that can be used to fulfill a need

A

Recourse

27
Q

For a limited time

A

Temporary

28
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The business of buying and selling or exchanging items

A

Trade