
Prehistory and the Neolithic Era
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- Q1an object made and used by people long agofertileartifactartisantrade30s
- Q2a scientist who studies ancient artifacts to learn about the pastartisansurplusarchaeologistnomad30s
- Q3the period of time BEFORE writing was inventedhistorythe 1920sMesozoic Eraprehistory30s
- Q4the written and other recorded events of peopleOld Stone AgeMiddle Stone Ageprehistoryhistory30s
- Q5a period of time during which early humans made tools and weapons mainly from stoneThe Stone AgeThe Copper AgeThe Jurassic EraThe Bronze Age30s
- Q6Old Stone Age; humans were hunter-gatherersNeolithic EraPaleolithic EraMesolithic Era30s
- Q7Middle Stone Age; humans were hunter-gatherers, began using nets and trapsNeolithic EraMesolithic EraPaleolithic Era30s
- Q8New Stone Age; humans began farming to produce foodPaleolithic EraMesolithic EraNeolithic Era30s
- Q9a person who moves from place to place, has NO permanent homefarmerblacksmithcarpenternomad30s
- Q10people who move from place to place raising small herds of livestock (sheep, goats)hunter gathererspastoral nomadscarpentersfisherman30s
- Q11stories passed down by word of mouth, they often show what is important to a cultureartisansnovelsoral traditionbiographies30s
- Q12to adapt wild plants or animals for human use, to tameirrigationsurplusnomaddomesticate30s
- Q13good for growing cropsfertiledesertmonsoonbarren30s
- Q14to supply the land with water through a series of canals or pipesagriculturedomesticationfertilizingirrigation30s
- Q15more than is needed, extrascarceshortagefertilesurplus30s