Chapter 3 World History

After the last Ice Age, what replaced hunting and gathering as the main food source?

What an example of how the use of technology made life less difficult for Paleolithic people?

What do historians call the general earliest period of human history?

This word means relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age, or Old Stone Age

The first civilizations developed near

How do archaeologists know that religion was important to the Neolithic people?

People who move from place to place are called what?

Long periods of extreme cold on Earth are called

What is the organized growing of food on a regular schedule?

What was the most important effect of the Agricultural Revolution?

An area in France where cave paintings were discovered is called what?

One of the most important technologies used by Paleolithic people was

What advancement during the Paleolithic Age made communication between people easier?

As food became more abundant, some people stopped working in the fields and began to do what?

An important technology in the Neolithic was the production of _______, made of copper and tin.

Tools and methods developed by humans used to perform tasks is called?