Definitions Fill in the Blank Daily Life You Better Know This Answer! Challenge

Question People who are always on the move and have no permanent home.

Answer 1 – 10 Who are nomads?

Question A black, glass-like volcanic rock that was highly prized by Neolithic people for weapons, tools and mirrors.

Answer 1 – 20 What is obsidian?

Question The taming of an animal for human use.

Answer 1 – 30 What is domestication?

Question Tools, methods and ideas that make work easier and improve the lives of people.

Answer 1 – 40 What is technology?

Question The definition of agriculture

Answer 1 – 50 What is the science of cultivating seeds and domesticating animals?

Question Another name for The New Stone Age is ________________.

Answer 2 – 10 What is Neolithic?

Question Neolithic settlements were much _________ and more _______________ than Paleolithic settlements.

Answer 2 – 20 What is large and permanent?

Question During the Paleolithic period, people used only the resources that they had in their __________________ area.

Answer 2 – 30 What is immediate?

Question ______________ grew when people began to seek resources that did not exist in their immediate area.

Answer 2 – 40 What is trade?

Question As their technology grew more sophisticated, people wanted additional resources to improve the ____________ and ___________ of their buildings, crafts and tools.

Answer 2 – 50 What is strength and beauty?

Question Neolithic people began burying their dead here.

Answer 3 – 10 What is underneath their homes?

Question This happened to the population during Neolithic times.

Answer 3 – 20 What is increased?

Question The domestication of what two things resulted in a more reliable food supply for Neolithic people?

Answer 3 – 30 What are plants and animals?

Question Type of items Neolithic people used for cooking and storing food in.

Answer 3 – 40 What are clay pots and stone bowls?

Question The name of the red ore women used as makeup.

Answer 3 – 50 What is hematite?

Question Another name for the Old Stone Age?

Answer 4 – 10 What is Paleolithic?

Question Instead of the rough animal skins that Paleolithic people had to wear, Neolithic people now had what new resources for clothing? (Name at least 2).

Answer 4 – 20 What is cotton, silk, wool and linen?

Question Name the three periods of the Stone Age from oldest to most recent.

Answer 4 – 30 What is Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic?

Question When people did not have the resources in their immediate area that they needed, they did this.

Answer 4 – 40 What is trade?

Question Name the six aspects of daily life that changed during the Neolithic Period.

Answer 4 – 50 What is food supply, shelter, technology, resources, population/settlement and occupations?

Question Name four new occupations Neolithic people learned as a result of having more time on their hands.

Answer 5 – 10 What are sewing, spinning/weaving, tool making, jewelry making, building, pottery making, decorating?

Question With the development of agriculture, name 3 changes in shelter during the Neolithic period.

Answer 5 – 20 More permanent Built long-lasting houses from mud bricks, adding stones and branches to strength roofs and walls Ovens and basins built into floor for storing food Waste taken outside of home

Question With the development of agriculture, name 3 changes in occupations during the Neolithic period.

Answer 5 – 30 * refine special skills Sewing, building, tool making, weaving Wove natural fibers such as wool and linen into comfortable cloth. Others mined flint rocks and obsidian Builders paid special attention to homes’ artistic and religious purposes.

Question With the development of agriculture, name 3 changes in resources during the Neolithic period.

Answer 5 – 40 Trade grew dramatically when people sought resources that did not exist in their immediate area. People wanted additional resources to improve strength and beauty of their buildings, crafts and tools. One resource that was highly desired = obsidian (used to make excellent knife blades and mirrors) Traded for resources to enhance their appearance.

Question With the development of agriculture, name 3 changes in food supply during the Neolithic period.

Answer 5 – 50 Learned to cultivate seeds Domesticated animals Cultivation of seeds and domestication of animals created a reliable food supply. Could settle down to live in one area.