Number of People in a 20 – 30 Up to 200 Group Food and fishing plants berries, nuts and plants animals hunting & fishing Tools – sharpened utensils rocks & arrowheads made of flint basic Housing Permanent built of bones, wood, housing hide underground parts are portable, permanent Technological language - to know when to Developments plant & harvest to use and make fire of pottery cloth art skills to make cloth tools & weapons Religion in an afterlife is practiced animism suggested by their burying of within homes the dead buried in tombs w/ stone be buried with tools & walls weapons to be used in next life - the belief that spirits and forces live within animals, objects, or dreams Paleolithic Neolithic Terms : Terms: a. hunter-gatherer- a. domesticated animals- gained food by following raising animals herds and gathering wild berries, nuts, & grains for the purpose of food and other uses b. nomad- b. slash-and-burn farming- person who moves place to place land cleared usually in search of food, no home by burning and cutting vegetation; helped to fertilize land Questions a. Why did nomadic groups move around? Questions weather following herds a. What knowledge would Neolithic geography people need to change from nomads to farmers?
Number of People in a Group 20 – 30 Up to 200 Food and fishing berries, nuts and plants plants animals hunting & fishing Tools – sharpened rocks basic utensils & arrowheads made of flint Housing built of bones, wood, hide parts are portable, Permanent housing underground Technological Developments language to use and make fire cloth art tools & weapons - to know when to plant & harvest of pottery skills to make cloth Religion in an afterlife is suggested by their burying of the dead be buried with tools & weapons to be used in next life - the belief that spirits and forces live within animals, objects, or dreams practiced animism within homes buried in tombs w/ stone walls Paleolithic Neolithic Terms : Terms: a. hunter-gatherer- gained food by following a. domesticated animals- raising animals herds and gathering wild berries, nuts, & grains for the purpose of food and other uses b. nomad- person who moves place to place b. slash-and-burn farming- land cleared usually in search of food, no permanent home by burning and cutting vegetation; helped to fertilize land Questions a. Why did nomadic groups move around? weather following herds Questions geography a. What knowledge would Neolithic people need to change from nomads to farmers?