Chapter 3

Vocabulary

Stone Age • The first period of prehistoric human

culture, from about 2 million years ago to around 3,000 B.C.E.– Things were primarily made of stone

however bone and other materials were used at times.

2 Million years B.C.E

8,000 Years B.C.E

3,000 Years B.C.E

TODAY

STONE AGE MODERN AGE

Homo Habilis Starts

Homo Sapien Sapien Ends

Paleolithic Age

• The first period of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, from about 2 million years ago to about 8,000 B.C.E.– Still Hunter Gatherers

2 Million years B.C.E

8,000 Years B.C.E

3,000 Years B.C.E

TODAY

STONE AGE MODERN AGE

Paleolithic Age

In between these two forms of early hominids we have

HUNTER GATHERERS

Homo Habilis Starts

Homo Sapien Sapien Ends

Neolithic Age

• The later part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, from 8,000-3,000 B.C.E.– Stayed in an area and farmed.

2 Million years B.C.E

8,000 Years B.C.E

3,000 Years B.C.E

TODAY

STONE AGE MODERN AGE

Paleolithic AgeNeolithic Age

Time to learn to farm and stay in

one place!

Domesticate

• To train a wild animal to be useful to humans.

Agriculture

• The business of farming.– Growing crops and raising animals

Trade

• The business of buying and selling or exchanging items

Resource

• Something that can be used to fulfill a need.

Nomad

• One who moves from place to place with no permanent home.