9th history

another name for the Neolithic Revolution is

agricultural revolution

a way of trading goods and services without money

barter

a system of writing invented in Sumer

cuneiform

people whose food supply depended on hunting animals and collecting plant foods were called

hunter-gatherers

highly mobile people who moved from place to place searching for new food sources were called

nomads

professional record keepers

scribes

early farmers used slash and burns methods b/c

the ashes fertilized the soil and brought renewed growth after a few years

discoveries of artistic works from early men and women include all of theses except

watercolor painting

a pyramid shaped, tiered monument found in Ur

ziggurant

the time when people began using a mixture of copper and tin to shape tools and weapons

Bronze Age

the taming of animals in order to raise them as a constant source of food was known as

domestication

one drawback to the new settled way of life of people in villages such as Catal Huyuk was

easily spread diseases

the development of skills in a specific kind of work

specialization

the agricultural village known as Catal Huyuk was best known for its

strong social organization