Paleolithic & Neolithic Basic Vocab
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Paleolithic
The early part of human history, also known as the Old Stone Age.
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nomad
People who move from place to place to survive.
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technology
The use of new ideas and tools to do work.
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ice age
Long periods of extreme cold on Earth.
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domesticate
the act of changing a wild plant or animal so it can be grown or raised by humans
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systematic agriculture
The growing of food on a regular basis.
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Neolithic Age
The period of time from 8000 to 4000 BC.
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specialization
Performing jobs people are good at doing.
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stayed in ________ bands
small
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Why did they stay in small bands?
They were always on the move and they had little resources.
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men's job
hunting
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women's job
gathering
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culture
Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
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Why didn't nomadic women have kids?
They were constantly on the move and you cant give birth while breastfeeding
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Lucy
discovered in Ethiopia in 1974 by Donald Johanson, was an almost complete skeleton of a female hominid who had lived 3.5 million years ago.
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Hominids
humans and other creatures that walk upright
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Animals hunted
cattle, goats, fox, cats :(, birds
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turning point
a time or an event in which a significant and lasting change occurs
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division of labor
the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
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Resource
a source or supply from which something benefits
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Hunter-gatherers
Early nomadic humans who migrated following their food supply (animal herds, fish, fruits, berries, birds, nuts, roots, etc.)
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Cultivate
to grow plants; to prepare or prepare and use for the raising of crops
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Domestication
to convert animals, plants, etc. from wild to tamed for human use as food, transportation or labor.
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Agriculture
The cultivation of plants and the domestication of animals
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surplus
A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded
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neolithic
-new stone age- organized agriculture- domestic animals- year round settlements
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paleolithic
-old stone age-nomadic living-hinter/gatherer
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