9th grade World history - Chapter 1 Section 2

What skills did old stone age people develop to adapt their surroundings to their needs?

Made tools and weapons out of material like stone, bone or wood. Built fires for cooking. Used animals skins for clothing. Learned to travel across water.

New stone age

Neolithic period - period from about 10,000 B.C. until the end of prehistory

Old stone age

Paleolithic period - era of prehistory that lasted from at least 2 million B.C. to about 10,000 B.C.

What major lifestyle changes did farming allow people to make?

They could stay in one place throughout the year which made villages. They developed new skills & technology. They domesticated plants & animals.

What new technologies did people invent as a result of agriculture?

They learned to use animals to plow the fields. They learned to measure time. They learned when to plant & harvest. They learned to make tools.

Catalhuyuk

one of the world's first villages. Established in modern day Turkey around 7,000 B.C.

nomad

people who move from place to place to find food

animism

the belief that spirits and forces live within animals, objects or dreams

Neolithic Revolution

the period of time during with the introduction of agriculture led people to transition from nomadic to settled life

Jericho

the world's first village, established in the modern day West Bank between 10,000 and 9,000 B.C.

domesticate

to tame animals animals and adapt crops so they are best suited to use by humans