| A | B |
|---|
| New Stone Age | the time when people changed from gathering food to producing food |
| agriculture | the production of plants and animals for human consumption |
| Middle East | the place where farming probably began |
| domesticate | to train/control plants or animals |
| herders | people stopped hunting and became this to have a better supply of meat/hides |
| wheat and barley | the first harvested grains in the world |
| settle | people started to ___ in one place whn they began to farm |
| permanent | not changing |
| surplus | people began to produce a ___ of food |
| specialization | development of particular, specific jobs |
| pottery | bowls, jars made of clay |
| barter system | trading 20 chickens for one cow |
| shrine | early place of worship/prayer |
| wheel | most important invention for transportation |
| sailboat | made long distance sea travel easier |
| copper | the first metal people learned to use |
| on foot | the only way transportation occured in the OLD Stone Age |
| 11,000 years ago | when people began to produce food |
| population | increased with a steady supply of food |
| chief, headman, or elders | leaders of farming villages |
