C1L3 The Agricultural Revolution Vocab

Domesticate means

• to build a house

• to make pretty

• to let an animal live freely

• to adapt animals or plants for the benefit of humans

The Neolithic Age

• was a shift from hunting and gathering to food production

• was when hunting and gathering was how people got their food

• was NOT part of the Stone Age

• was only in the movies

Systematic agriculture

• means having a small garden to supplement your diet

• means growing food on a regular basis

• means growing food occasionally

• means buying your food at Gelson's

Economic activity has to do with

• ecology

• making, buying, and selling goods

• getting as much money as possible

• only getting what you need from a store

Villages included all of these, except

• built near water sources, especially rivers

• built near fields and crops

• built near trading centers

• dwellings that housed small clans

A shrine is a

• holy place

• a place to grow crops

• an athletic field

• a place to store food

Specialization means

• you are a very special person

• when people take up specific jobs based on their talents

• focusing only on getting food

• doing many different jobs

The Bronze Age began

• when people ran out of stone tools

• when people had a lot of money to afford bronze

• when the color of bronze was highly prized

• when the technological breakthrough of mixing copper and tin was made

A monarchy is a type of government

• where the people choose their leader

• where only men are leaders

• led by a king or queen

• where only women are leaders

Social class structures are

• what grade a student is in school

• people in a society organized into groups defined by the type of work they did and/or the amount of wealth they had

• people in a society organized by age

• people in a society organized by their gender