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Hunters and Gatherers

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  • What was the most important job in the lives of Paleolithic people?
    Finding food for survival
  • What people would learn how other groups lived as they traveled and traded?
    Neolithic
  • What are two examples of animals that were domesticated?
    Goats and cows
  • How did trade help Neolithic people make stronger tools?
    They got special material from other areas
  • Arc shaped region in Southwest Asis with rich soil
    Fertile Crescent
  • Why did people in the Neolithic Age live together in larger groups?
    They could grow more food to support more people
  • The business of farming, growing crops, and raising animals
    Agriculture
  • What advantage did Neolithic people get from working together in communities?
    Working together allowed them to finish tasks faster
  • How did Paleolithic people get their food?
    By hunting and gathering
  • What change began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 BCE?
    Farming
  • First period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to 8000 BCE
    Paleolithic Age
  • How did dividing up the work help communities produce more to meet their needs?
    Individuals developed a variety of skills
  • What discovery ended the Neolithic Age about 3000 BCE?
    Metal tool making
  • The business of buying and selling or exchanging items
    Trade
  • Larger part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, that lasted 8000 to 3000 BCE
    Neolithic Age
  • What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plans and animals?
    They had a stable food supply
  • To train a wild animal to be useful to humans
    Domesticate
  • Something that can be used to fulfill a need
    Resource
  • Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?
    The soil was good for crops
  • What resources did Paleolithic people use?
    Resources found nearby
  • Why did Neolithic people trade?
    To get resources they lacked
  • One who moves from place to place with no permanent home
    Nomad