SS Lesson 3 Vocabulary/Study Guide

Question 1

The business of farming; growing crops and raising animals

Answer 1

Agriculture

Question 2

A Neolithic town discovered in central Turkey

Answer 2

Catal Hoyuk

Question 3

To train a wild animal to be useful to humans

Answer 3

Domesticate

Question 4

Working well; producing very little waste

Answer 4

Efficientlt

Question 5

To provide the means or ability to do something

Answer 5

Enabled

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Fertile Crescent

Question 7

Very important

Answer 7

Major

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Neolithic Age

Question 9

One who moves from place to place with no permanent home

Answer 9

Nomad

Question 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.

Answer 10

Paleolithic Age

Question 11

Having the shape of a rectangle

Answer 11

Rectangular

Question 12

Something that can be used to fulfill a need

Answer 12

Resource

Question 13

For a limited time

Answer 13

Temporary

Question 14

The business of buying and selling or exchanging items

Answer 14

Trade

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Farming

Question 16

How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food

Answer 16

Hunted and gathered

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Soil

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Stable food supply

Question 19

Animals that were domesticated for meat and milk were

Answer 19

Cattle, goats, sheep

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Animals and enemies

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Beauty

Question 22

Communities allowed the Neolithic people to organize themselves to work

Answer 22

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

Because they were nomads, traveling from place to place

Question 25

How did the Neolithic people trade with other communities

Answer 25

-Crossed mountains on foot
-ride donkeys across desserts
-sailed the Mediterranean Sea on ships

Question 26

Permanent shelters allowed them to——and——food

Answer 26

Cook and store

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Ideas and knowledge

Question 28

Why did Neolithic people trade

Answer 28

To get resources they lacked