Stone Age vocab

What is the role of an archeologist?

• To examine objects from the past to learn about humans

• To study the history of writing

• To tame wild plants and animals for human consumption

• To farm and settle in one place

What is the Paleolithic period also known as?

• The time period when people settled in one place and started farming

• The time period when people hunted and gathered and migrated often

• The time period when people domesticated plants and animals

• The time period when people spread ideas from one group to another

What is an artifact?

• The remains of something left behind

• A man-made object that was left behind

• The taming of wild plants and animals for human consumption

• The spread of ideas from one group to another

What is the definition of cultural diffusion?

• The spread of ideas from one group to another

• The remains of something left behind

• The taming of wild plants and animals for human consumption

• The time period when people settled in one place and started farming

What is agriculture?

• The remains of something left behind

• The taming of wild plants and animals for human consumption

• The spread of ideas from one group to another

• Farming

What are nomads?

• People who wander from place to place

• People who settled in one place and started farming

• People who examine objects from the past to learn about humans

• People who tame wild plants and animals for human consumption

What is animism?

• The remains of something left behind

• The belief that natural objects have a spirit

• The spread of ideas from one group to another

• Farming

What is irrigation?

• The remains of something left behind

• The belief that natural objects have a spirit

• Supplying land with water through a network of canals

• Farming

What is surplus?

• The remains of something left behind

• The belief that natural objects have a spirit

• Supplying land with water through a network of canals

• Having more than enough of something

What is the Neolithic period also known as?

• The time period when people settled in one place and started farming

• The time period when people hunted and gathered and migrated often

• The time period when people domesticated plants and animals

• The time period when people spread ideas from one group to another