New Stone Age Vocabulary

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New Stone Age (NSA)

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The period of time when people made inventions that forever changed how we would live on planet Earth.

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Domesticate

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To train plants or animals to be useful for the people.

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Surplus

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An extra supply of something such as crops that are not immediately needed.

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Specialization

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Training to do a particular kind of work.

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Civilization

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An advanced society that has created religion, education, government and the specialization of jobs.

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Trade

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The exchange of goods between people.

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Abundant

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Having plentiful supplies OR a large amount of something.

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Cultivate

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To prepare an area of land to grow crops.

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Pottery

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Pottery was important to create pots that could hold the extra surplus of food.

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Neolithic

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Neo - New Lithic - Stone.