World History Final: Paleolithic & Mesopotamia

Hunted using spears, traps, fire

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

Men hunted, women gathered

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

Planted crops - wheat, barley, fruit

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

Tamed animals to eat and work

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

Used fire for warmth, protection, and cooking

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

Invented new things to make life easier

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

Basket makers, toolmakers, farmers, traders, herders

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean in the Greek language?

• first civilization
• new stone age
• people from the south
• land between the rivers

What do you call the southern part of Mesopotamia?

• Sumer
• Mesopotamia
• Assyria
• Euphrates

When you dig a ditch in the ground to bring water from a river to another place.

• cuneiform
• artisan
• scribe
• irrigation