Neolithic Revolution Vocabulary Review

Another word for farming

• hunter-gatherer

• agriculture

• migration

• domesticate

To tame; to change a wild plant or animal so it can be grown or raised by humans

• civilization

• nomad

• culture

• domesticate

Starting in 10,000 BCE, this was a turning point in history that changed the way Paleolithic people lived their lives. People shifted from hunting and gathering for food to agriculture. Instead of living as nomads, people settled down in permanent settlements.

• Neolithic Revolution

• Paleolithic People

• civilization

• agriculture

A place where people start a new place to live

• nomad

• settlement

• community

• area

When a society has a system of government and laws, using a written language, and keeping written records

• migration

• democracy

• civilization

• Before Common Era

Once people learned to farm, they could settle in

• villages

• caves

• North America

• trees

The act of taming a wild animal, or controlling a plant to make it useful to humans is known as

• evacuation

• domestication

• vacation

• excavation

The life expectancy of a Paleolithic person was

• 30 years

• 50 years

• 70 years

• 90 years

Why did nomads spread around the world?

• Nomads were looking for a good place to vacation.

• Nomads had so much free time, the were looking for something fun to do.

• Nomads were constantly in search of food sources.

• Nomads were bored with living in one space.

The letters B.C.E. mean_____.

• Before Christ Entered

• Before Cable Evolved

• Before Cookies Existed

• Before Common Era