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How did life change for the Paleolithic people that archaeologists started to use the term Neolithic?

People went from hunters and gatherers to producing their own food.

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What does food gatherers mean versus food producers mean?

Up until 8,000 B.C. people gathered or hunted for their food. After 8,000 B.C. people produced their own food by developing farming methods.

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What is the significance of the village of Jericho and where is found today?

It is the oldest village found dated to 8,000 B.C. and it is located in present day Israel.

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How old is Catal Hüyük, where is it located, and why was Catal Hüyük such an important find?

Catal Hüyük dates to 7,500 B.C. It is located in present day Turkey. Catal Hüyük was only charred, not burned by a high heat fire. Because of this, the artifacts were well preserved. Archaeologists got their first look at cloth weaved during that time.

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Explain what each of these did and what the relationship between them are: government, chief, and priest.

Government kept order in the village. The chief led the people and settled land disputes. He also was the priest of the village. The priest led ceremonial events which included prayers to gods and goddesses.

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Where in the world are the first known villages found?

Southwestern Asia

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What did the first gods and goddesses represent and who was Earth mother?

They represented the forces of nature and she was the goddess of fertility.

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Why did the population grow significantly in the Neolithic?

People had more food due to farming.

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What did specialization mean and why did it occur?

Specialization meant that people developed occupations. It occurred because people did not need to spend so much time searching for food with the introduction of farming.

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Describe each of the three new specializations.

Potter – made things out of dried clay such as pots, cups, bowls, etc.

Weaver – made cloth and grass/straw items

Metal worker – enhanced weapons, made pots and pans

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What does Neolithic revolution mean?

The start of farming.

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What does the term Neolithic mean?

New Stone Age

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What are bands?

Groups of early humans who hunted together and lived together in groups of 30 individuals.

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What does domesticated mean?

Taming of wild animals.

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What is the post and lintel type of architecture? What were the outside of the buildings constructed with?

Vertical wood posts held up a sub-ceiling made of horizontal wood beams. The outside was made of sun-dried mud bricks.

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What does Paleolithic mean and when did it end?

Old Stone Age and it ended 8,000 B.C.

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When did prehistory end and why did it end?

3,000 B.C. due to the invention of writing and the start of civilization.

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Explain how the Paleolithic people were different from the Neolithic people.

Paleolithic people lived in bands outside and they moved to caves when the weather turned bad. They were Nomadic because they were hunters and gatherers. They discovered fire and used it for weapons and to cook with.

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Explain how the Neolithic people were different from the Paleolithic people.

Neolithic people lived in houses made of mud-dried bricks in villages. Some were farmers, and others specialized in pottery making, weaving, and metal working. The village had a government with one chief who was also the priest.

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If you are going up on US Hwy. 35, what direction are you going? What about down?

Up = North

Down = South

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What are the cardinal directions?

North, south, east, west

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What are the intermediate directions?

Northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest

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Explain who Lucy was?

Lucy was a pre-human who lived 3.2 million years ago in Ethiopia, Africa, and had the most complete skeleton ever found at the time she was discovered.

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Explain where the earliest people lived and why they had to move from place to place in the Paleolithic.

They originally lived along the coasts of east and south Africa. As the ice sheets expanded from Antarctica, they had to move north to find food. As sea-levels went down due to ice formation, land bridges were formed. This allowed them to move into south western Asia and southern Europe. They moved to find more food.

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How were the Paleolithic and Neolithic peoples the same?

Both buried their dead and cared for their sick.

Both were Homo Sapiens which meant they could think.

Both had tools.

Both had language.

Both had clothes.

Final Jeopardy

If you are going up on N. Wheeling Ave, what direction are you going? What about down?

Up = Northwest

Down = Southeast