Unit 2

Agriculture

• A prehistoric era in which humans grew crops and used animals for labor and food. Also called the New Stone Age.

• The practice of farming plants and domesticating animals to create food and other resources.

• A system that supplies land with water to make it ready for farming.

• A prehistoric period during which humans used stone tools. The period lasted for more than 2 million years and ended when humans figured out how to create tools from metal. The Stone Age is often divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic eras.

Domesticate

• To adapt wild plants for human use; to tame wild animals and raise them for human use.

• A method of growing crops on the sides of hills or mountains. Terrace farming consists of cutting a series of flat surfaces that look like steps into a sloped section of land.

• The period of time before the invention of writing.

• A system that supplies land with water to make it ready for farming.

History

• The practice of farming plants and domesticating animals to create food and other resources.

• The change of human cultures from lifestyles based on hunting and gathering to those focused on farming and herding. This change allowed human populations to grow and for villages and cities to develop. The Neolithic Revolution may have begun as early as 10,000 BCE.

• (1) The period of time after the invention of writing; (2) a written record of important events and their causes.

• To adapt wild plants for human use; to tame wild animals and raise them for human use.

Hunter-gatherer

• A system that supplies land with water to make it ready for farming.

• The process of becoming an expert at providing one type of product or service.

• The period of time before the invention of writing

• A person who survives by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants.

Irrigation

• A system that supplies land with water to make it ready for farming.

• To adapt wild plants for human use; to tame wild animals and raise them for human use.

• A prehistoric era in which humans grew crops and used animals for labor and food. Also called the New Stone Age.

• A method of growing crops on the sides of hills or mountains. Terrace farming consists of cutting a series of flat surfaces that look like steps into a sloped section of land.

Neolithic Era

• A written record of important events and their causes.

• The period of time before the invention of writing.

• A prehistoric era in which humans grew crops and used animals for labor and food. Also called the New Stone Age.

• A person who survives by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants.

Neolithic Revolution

• The practice of farming plants and domesticating animals to create food and other resources.

• The period of time before the invention of writing.

• The process of becoming an expert at providing one type of product or service.

• The change of human cultures from lifestyles based on hunting and gathering to those focused on farming and herding. This change allowed human populations to grow and for villages and cities to develop.

Prehistory

• To adapt wild plants for human use; to tame wild animals and raise them for human use

• A person who survives by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants.

• A system that supplies land with water to make it ready for farming.

• The period of time before the invention of writing.

Specialization

• The change of human cultures from lifestyles based on hunting and gathering to those focused on farming and herding. This change allowed human populations to grow and for villages and cities to develop. The Neolithic Revolution may have begun as early as 10,000 BCE.

• The period of time after the invention of writing

• The process of becoming an expert at providing one type of product or service.

• A prehistoric period during which humans used stone tools. The period lasted for more than 2 million years and ended when humans figured out how to create tools from metal. The Stone Age is often divided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic eras.

Stone Age

• The period lasted for more than 2 million years and ended when humans figured out how to create tools from metal.

• The period of time before the invention of writing.

• A system that supplies land with water to make it ready for farming

• The period of time after the invention of writing