Flashcards
the stone age
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1Neolithicdesignating the latter part of the Stone Age, from about 8,000 B.C. to about 3,500 B.C., characterized by the use of polished stone tools and the beginnings of farming.
- 2developmentdevelopment - the act of developing or bringing to a completed state
- 3agriculturethe science and work of raising crops and farm animals; farming
- 4Hunter-gatherera member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals
- 5domesticationto tame.
- 6Cave Paintingsa type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves.
- 7Paleolithicdesignating the earliest period of the Stone Age, from about 2 million B.C. to about 10,000 B.C., characterized by the use of primitive stone tools.
- 8Nomadsa member of a group or tribe that has no fixed home and moves from place to place