UNIT 1, LESSON 3: THE NEOLITHIC AGE. FOOD PRODUCTION
GLOSSARY
1.
AGRICULTURE: the activity of cultivating the land which started in the
Neolithic Age, in the Fertile Crescents 10.000 years ago.
2. FERTILE CRESCENT: fertile area in the Middle East (South of Turkey,
Irak, Jordania, Palestina and Egypt) thanks to the rivers Euphrates, Tigris
and NIle river.
3. LIVESTOCK: domesticated animals from wich people in the Neolithic
obtained food (milk, meat) and wool to make clothes.
4. STONE POLISHING: new techique appearing in the Neolithic Age used
to polish stones to make new specialized tools (axes, hoes, hadmills).
5. HOE: new Neolithic tool made of polished stoine used for making holes
and planting seeds.
6. SICKLE: new Neolithic tool made of bone used for ripping the crops of
wheat, barley or rye.
7. AXE: new Neolithic tool made of polished Stone used for cutting down
trees.
8. HAND MILL: new Neolithic tool used for grinding grain to obtain flour.
9. LOOM: new Neolithic tool made of Wood used for weaving clothes using
trhead from a SPINDLE.
10. SENDENTARY: a kind of society which appeared in the Neolithic Age
that lives in a permanent place and procudes their own food
11. ADOBE: a material used in the Neolithic age for making briks. It is a
mixture of CLAY and STRAW, dried in the sun.
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MUD
STRAW
ADOBE