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Lippy - Unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adapt | to adjust or change based on the environment. |
| agriculture | this is the combination of growing crops and domesticating animals |
| archeologists | people who dig up and investigate artifacts |
| communities | these got larger during the Neolithic Age because they could grow enough food to support the population |
| detectives | people who study the past are like people in this profession |
| domesticate | to train a wild animal to be useful to humans |
| farming | the invention of this started the New Stone Age |
| fertile | this term means that the area is good for growing crops |
| Fertile Crescent | crescent-shaped area in southwest Asia that was good for growing crops |
| food | people in the Paleolithic Age spent most of their time trying to find this |
| geographers | people who analyze the location of an area and map the past |
| historians | people who investigate written documents and record the past |
| irrigate | this means to bring water to a dry place |
| Mesopotamia | this word means "between the rivers" |
| metal tools | this invention ended the New Stone Age |
| modify | to change the environment to meet one's needs |
| Neolithic Age | this is name for the New Stone Age |
| nomad | a person who moves from place to place |
| Paleolithic Age | this is the name for the Old Stone Age |
| permanent | Because of the invention of farming, shelter in the Neolithic Age was now this |
| specialized | this term describes jobs in the New Stone Age |
| temporary | shelter in the Old Stone Age was this, which means it wouldn't need to last long |
| water | irrigation systems were created to control the amount of this in a valley |
| cuneiform | first system of writing created in Sumer. It used wedge-shaped characters and was often written on clay. |
| Fertile Crescent | an area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began |
| Hunter-Gatherers | Paleolithic people who had no permanent home (nomads)—followed the food source |
| Stable | This is what happened to the food supply after the invention of farming. |
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