Chapter 4 Early Humans and the Agricultural Revolution

a person who moves from place to place to survive

• nomad

• monarch

• travel agent

• neutralist

A place where people worship - often decorated with images of gods and goddesses

• port

• shrine

• Judaism

• Roman Catholic

Tools and methods to perform tasks

• domestication

• Stone Age

• taming animals

• technology

Domesticate

• taming of animals for human use

• Water way system

• melting of copper and tin

• spoken language

“New Stone Age” - moved from hunting and gathering to more agriculture 8000 - 4000 BC

• Paleolithic people

• nomads

• Old Stone Age

• Neolithic Era

The early part of human history, also known as the Old Stone Age - when they used stone to make tools and weapons

• Neolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

• Agricultural Revolution

• domestication

Time when people realized that mixing copper and tin formed bronze. Bronze was stronger than copper, but few could afford it

3000-1200 BC

• Ice Age

• Brass Age

• Clay Age

• Bronze Age

specialization

• training for domestication

• training for a specific job

• mixing of copper and tin

• training for many jobs

0* line that divides the Earth measuring Northern and Southern hemisphere

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Meridians

• Parallel lines

Ice Age

• short periods of extreme cold

• long periods of extreme cold

• Disney movie

• long periods of extreme warmth