World History Final: Chapter 1 Section 2

Another name for the Neolithic Revolution is the

agricultural revolution

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

Early farmers used slash-and-burn methods because

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

Discoveries of artistic works from early men and women include all of these except

watercolor paintings

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 agricultural village known as Catal Huyuk was best known for its

strong social organization