Unit 1.2 Stone Age and Agricultural Revolution

What does "paleolithic" mean?

Old Stone Age

What is a hunter-gatherer?

A person who has to go into the wilderness to find food everyday

What are nomads?

People who move around frequently and don't live in any one area.

Men in the Paleolithic Era

Hunted animals for food

Women in Paleolithic Era

Primarily gatherers, collecting plant foods like berries, nuts, and wild grains.

Paleolithic Tools

Made from materials like stone, bone, wood, and animal skins.

Fire

Used to cook food, provide heat, and provide light.

Paleolithic Art

Included cave paintings, music, and carvings.

Neolithic

New Stone Age

Agriculture

Farming of animals and plants, which allowed humans to not need to hunt and gather

Domestication

The taming of animals and plants so they are useful to humans.

Agricultural revolution

The major cultural shift that took place during the Neolithic when humans began to engage in agriculture.

Settlements

Places where people live in close proximity without moving, like villages or towns

River valleys

The locations where the first civilizations were usually established due to good agricultural conditions.

Food surplus

Means that there is more food than needed.

Specialization

When someone practices and becomes highly skilled in one job. This is a result of food surplus.

Artisan

A specialized worker.

Blacksmiths

People who work with metal. This job emerged because of the food surplus in early villages.

Social Structure

The organization of people into classes or levels of society with different rights and privileges

Who was at the top of paleolithic social structures?

Religious leaders like priests