Unit 3 Vocabulary

1. from 2 million B.C. until 8,000 B.C. early humans were making the first tools (technology) 

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

• Paleolithic

• New Stone Age

1. What does the root "Neo" mean?

• old

• new

• middle

• stone

1. What does the root "Paleo" mean?

• ancient

• new

• middle

• stone

1. What does the root "lith" mean?

• old

• new

• middle

• stone

1. What does the root "Meso" mean?

• old

• new

• middle

• stone

1. from 8,000 B.C. to 3,000 B.C. early humans learn to farm (agriculture)

• Neolithic

• Mesolithic

• Paleolithic

• Old Stone Age

people with no permanent home who move from place (in order to follow wild animal herds or find new plants to eat)

• hominins

• nomads

• settlers

• paleoanthropologists

the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals

• agriculture

• irrigation

• migration

• specialization

a means of supplying land with water

• agriculture

• irrigation

• migration

• specialization

the business of buying, selling or exchanging items

• agriculture

• irrigation

• migration

• trade