Neolithic Revolution Vocabulary Review

The act of taming a wild animal, or controlling a plant to make it useful to humans is known as

• evacuation

• domestication

• vacation

• excavation

Starting in 10,000 BCE, this was a turning point in history that changed the way Paleolithic people lived their lives. People shifted from hunting and gathering for food to agriculture. Instead of living as nomads, people settled down in permanent settlements.

• Neolithic Revolution

• Paleolithic People

• civilization

• agriculture

A surplus is

• having a shortage of food.

• having an excess of food.

• a mathematical problem

• when you have just enough food to survive.

In early villages, not everyone had to farm. Some people worked making bricks, pottery, baskets, and a variety of other jobs. This idea is known as

• specialization

• food surplus

• population

• domestication

Why did people abandon their nomadic lifestyle during the Neolithic Era?

• They were tired of moving from place to place searching for food.

• They were afraid of eating too much red meat and too many plants.

• They began farming and could settle down in one place rather than hunting animals for food.

• They began to develop problems with their feet from excessive walking.

How did the introduction of agriculture impact the lives of early humans?

• Early humans had to now settle in areas with soft soil.

• Early humans no longer had to move around following their food sources.

• Early humans began to work to create a tractor.

• Early humans could now hunt for animals who ate corn and other crops.

The life expectancy of a Paleolithic person was

• 30 years

• 50 years

• 70 years

• 90 years

One who gets their food by hunting for it, and collecting wild fruits, vegetables, eggs, and nuts is called a

• farmer

• hunter-gatherer

• explorer

• Door Dash shopper

Another word for farming

• hunter-gatherer

• agriculture

• migration

• domesticate

When a society has a system of government and laws, using a written language, and keeping written records

• migration

• democracy

• civilization

• Before Common Era