Stone Age Flash Cards

hunter-gatherer

• nomadic people who live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and harvesting wild food

• settled agriculturalists who cultivate crops and raise livestock

• urban dwellers who rely on trade and commerce for sustenance

• industrial workers who produce goods in factories

agriculture

• practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

• a method of hunting and gathering food from the wild.

• the process of manufacturing goods in factories.

• a system of trade and commerce between different countries.

flint

• a hard dark quartz that produces a spark when struck by steel

• a type of soft clay used in pottery

• a mineral used for making glass

• a fossilized wood used for carving

quern

• a simple hand mill for grinding grain

• a type of ancient pottery

• a tool for weaving fabric

• a method of preserving food

archeologist

• Person who studies artifacts from past civilizations to learn how they lived

• A scientist who studies the weather patterns

• An artist who creates sculptures of ancient ruins

• A historian who focuses on modern events

Neolithic Era

• Time of advanced metallurgy and urbanization

• Period characterized by nomadic tribes and hunting

• New Stone Age, marked a transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settled farming communities, leading to the foundations of modern civilization

• Era defined by the invention of writing and record-keeping

cave paintings

• illustrations created using a cave wall as a canvas - first form of communication

• modern art created using digital tools

• paintings made on canvas in art studios

• drawings made with chalk on sidewalks

awl

• a small pointed tool used for piercing holes, especially in leather

• a type of fabric used for sewing

• a tool for measuring angles

• a device for cutting wood

nomads

• people who have no permanent home, they move from place to place in search of resources to survive

• individuals who settle in one place and cultivate the land

• people who travel for leisure and tourism

• communities that build permanent structures for living

Homo-sapien

• Most advanced and developed man

• A type of ancient primate

• A species of extinct human

• A term for early human ancestors