Chapter 3 From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers

• The Paleolithic Age is the Old Stone Age• The Neolithic Age is the New Stone Age• Domesticate means to train or tame an animal• Trade is the business of exchanging items• 3.1 Introduction• 1. It got its name from tools people made out

of stone

Chapter 3 From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers

• 3.2 From Old Stone Age to New Stone Age• 1. When people learned how to farm and produce their

own food• 2. Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas• 3. Eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea

Chapter 3 From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers

• OSA Creating a Stable Food Supply

• Hunting• Gathering

• NSA Creating a Stable Food Supply

• Farming, planting seeds, harvesting crops

• Raising animals• Still hunted and

gathered

Chapter 3 From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers• OSA Making a

Shelter• Caves• Tent like structures

• NSA Making a Shelter• They built permanent

shelters• Mud brick houses• Several rooms• Protection from

weather, animals• Made life comfortable

Chapter 3 From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers• OSA Establishing

Communities• Bands of 20-60• Wandering in search

of food• Nomadic

• NSA Establishing Communities

• Farms• Towns • Villages• Efficient, divide up

the work• Time for other

activities

Chapter 3 From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers• OSA Developing Jobs• Finding food to

survive

• NSA Developing Jobs• Specialized skills• Farmers• Weavers• Basket makers• Tool makers• Traders• Clothing makers• Stone workers

Chapter 3 From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers• OSA Trade• They rarely traded with

other groups• They used what they

found

• NSA Trade• Started trading once

they settled in towns and villages

• Traded to get what they needed

• Looking for Flint and Obsidian, used for knives, mirrors, and arrowheads

• Traded for beauty products