Stone Age Vocab Quiz

A period of time from about 2.5 million years ago until about 12,000 years ago.  A time when our ancestors used simple stone tools.

• Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)

• Neolithic Age (New Stone Age)

• Civilization

• Surplus

A person who moves from place to place

• Teacher

• Agriculture

• Nomad

• Tent

The applications of knowledge, tools and inventions to meet people's needs.

• Nomad

• Surplus

• Catal Huyuk

• Technology

The raising of plants and animals to make them more useful to humans

• Domestication

• Nomad

• Surplus

• Technology

A person who performs a job other than farming, such as metal working or tool making

• Specialized worker

• Nomad

• Firefighter

• Surplus

A human who hunts animals and gathers wild plants to eat

• Surplus

• Domestication

• Hunter gatherer

• Neolithic

The movement from one place to another

• Hunter gatherer

• Domestication

• Surplus

• Migration

The exchange of goods

• Trade

• Surplus

• Neolithic

• Paleolithic

One of the oldest human villages. Built around 7,400 B.C.

• Centereach

• Surplus

• Catal Huyuk

• Dawnwood

A period of time from about 12,000 years ago to about 4,000 years ago.  A time when our ancestors began farming and settling down.

• Neolithic

• Surplus

• Nomad

• Technology