| A | B |
| domesticate | to tame or make useful to humans |
| to live by hunting game and collecting plants | hunting-gathering |
| means "new stone age" | neolithic |
| means "paleolithic" | "old stone age" |
| effects of development of agriculture | production of suplus resulted in time for people to do work other than get food. This lead to specialization of labor |
| where the onagers were traded | Umm Dabaghiyah |
| Where Umm Dabaghiyah, Ain Mallaha, and Catal Huyuk were located | Middle East |
| agriculture | farming |
| mesopotamia | "land between the rivers" modern-day Iraq |
| rivers of Mesopotamia | Tigris and Euphrates |
| a complex society | civilization |
| environment | the land, plants, and animals that make up an organism's surroundings |
| famine | a severe food shortage |
| irrigation | to bring water to crops by diverting water from a river or well into canals |
| a black glass-like volcanic rock | obsidian |
| a holy place or worship area | shrine |
| onager | a donkey-like animal. Its hide was traded by the people of Umm Dabaghiyah |
| inference | to get information by drawing conclusions from information not directly stated |
| when the neolithic period occurred | 8,000 b.c to 5,000 b.c. |
| self-sufficient | not dependent on others for survival |