Unit 3 - Stone Age Vocabulary 2021

The use of skills and tools to meet practical human needs

• Farming

• Hunting

• Technology

Period of time from 40,000-12,000 years ago where stone tools were the most common form of technology

• Old Stone Age

• Modern Stone Age

• New Stone Age

Time period from 12000 year ago to 6,000 years ago. Farming existed, people began to settle in civilizations

• Old Stone Age

• Modern Stone Age

• New Stone Age

A person who meets their needs by hunting animals and gathering fruit, plants, berries, and nuts

• Nomads

• Farmers

• Hunter-gatherers

They probably divided labor to feed themselves, with men hunting and women gathering berries nuts and plants. The people of the Old Stone Age were ______.

• Farmers

• Nomads

• Hunters-gatherers

A major archaeological site in South Africa, home of the Old Stone Age hunters

• Old Stone Age

• Border Cave

• New Stone Age

Having an extra supply of food

• Surplus

• Drought

• Starvation

The raising of plants and animals for human use

• Domestication

• Specialization

• Agriculture

The training plants and animals for human use.

• Domestication

• Specialization

• Agriculture

People trained to do a special job, such as craftworkers or artisans

• Domestication

• Specialization

• Agriculture