1. O.A. Stone Age (ISN) Stone Age: When was it? What was it?
Paleolithic Age: When was it? What was it?
Neolithic Age: When was it? What was it?
What was the key development that caused so much change in how people lived from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age?

2. O.A. Stone Age (ISN) Stone Age: When was it? What was it?
2 million y.a. – 3000 B.C.E
Stone tools
Paleolithic Age: When was it? What was it?
2 million y.a. – 8000 B.C.E
Old Stone Age / Hunter-gatherers
Neolithic Age: When was it? What was it?
8000 B.C.E. – 3000 B.C.E.
New Stone Age / Raise animals, plant crops

3. AGRICULTURE!!! O.A. Stone Age (ISN 36)
4. What was the key development that caused so much change in how people lived from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age?
AGRICULTURE!!!

4. Agriculture began around 8000 BCE when people realized that (?)
They could grow crops, rather than gather them
They could produce a surplus and become artisans
Government leaders were needed to protect towns from danger
Trading with other towns was now possible

5. Domestication of animals meant that humans (?)
Had learned to appreciate that benefits of owning pets.
Did not have to work hard anymore
Could raise animals, rather than hunt them for food
Went from being vegetarians to eating meats and vegetables

6. 3.3 Stable Food Supply
In Paleolithic times, the food supply was…hunted animals and gathered plants.
In the Neolithic Age…
We domesticated animals like sheep, goats, cattle, and mules.
Important?
Learning to farm gave us a stable food supply

7. 3.4 Making Permanent Shelter
Paleolithic times…was temporary, in caves or tents
2 facts in Neolithic Age:
Made of mud mixed with stones and branches
Had several rooms. Food stored under floor. Cooking pit in floor.
Important?
Protect from weather and animals
Life more comfortable
New ways of cooking
Allowed for larger communities

8. Learning to farm was important because it gave people (?)
A stable food supply
Something to do with their spare time
An unpredicatable food source

9. 3.5 Establishing Communities
Paleolithic times…20-60 people who wandered in search of food
2 facts in Neolithic Age:
Larger communities
Allowed us to do different jobs
Allowed us to work together to do a task faster
Important?
Invent new ways to make life safer and more comfortable
Easier to defend ourselves

10. 3.6 Developing New Jobs
Paleolithic times…finding food for survival
2 facts in Neolithic Age:
Farmers grow a surplus (more than they need)
Weaving, basket making, toolmaking, trading
Got better at jobs because we focused on one thing (specialized skills)
Important?
One job gave chance to find better ways of doing things
Gave us more variety in our community (decorative, trade items)

11. Focusing on one job and getting better at it is called (?)
Agriculture
Specialized skills
Catal Hoyuk
Domesticate

12. 3.7 Beginning to Trade
Paleolithic times…was rarely conducted
2 facts in Neolithic Age:
Traded to get resources we didn’t have
Traders traveled hundreds of miles
Important?
Allowed us to use more resources
See how others live, spread knowledge, and ideas

13. Having permanent shelters was important because of all of the following EXCEPT (?)
Protection from extreme weather
Made life more comfortable
Made survival more difficult
Allowed larger communities to form