The Fertile Crescent and Permanent Shelter

The Fertile Crescent and Permanent Shelter

Wednesday, November 4th

Poll

How confident are you about your knowledge on the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age?

• What the heck are you talking about?

• Kind of confident, I guess

• Pretty confident, but I need a little more practice

• I am the master of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages.

Do Now

Paleolithic and Neolithic Review

Multiple Choice

What do we call the Paleolithic Age?

• The Old Stone Age

• The New Stone Age

Multiple Choice

Paleolithic people were _____________.

• nomads

• farmers

Multiple Choice

What do we call the Neolithic Age?

• The Old Stone Age

• The New Stone Age

Multiple Choice

How did tools change during the Neolithic Age?

• They got bigger.

• They got smaller.

• People started making them with stone.

• People started making them with metal.

Open Ended

What was ONE (1) difference between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages.

Make sure to properly capitalize, punctuate, and restate the question.

SENTENCE STEMS: One difference between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Age was ______________.

One difference that I noticed was _______________.

The Fertile Crescent and Permanent Shelter

Wednesday, November 4th

Vocab

Words to know

Fertile

Good for growing crops

Crescent

A thin, curved shape. Think of the moon when it is not full.

Fertile Crescent

Part of the Middle East where some of the world's first civilizations began. In ancient times the land there was fertile, or good for growing crops. On a map, the land forms the shape of a crescent moon. The Fertile Crescent extends from the Persian Gulf to the Nile River valley.

Multiple Choice

Why did early humans first settle in the Fertile Crescent?

• They were obsessed with the moon.

• It provided them protection from their enemies.

• The land was good for growing crops.

Jericho, Catal Hoyuk, and Jarmo

Neolithic towns located in the Fertile Crescent.

Early Neolithic Settlements

Jericho, Catal Hiyuk, and Jarma: The First Towns

Permanent Shelters (1/3)

During the Paleolithic Age, people had lived in caves or rough, tent-like structures. These were temporary shelters because hunter-gatherers were nomads. They had to move often, to follow the wild animal herds or to find new plants to eat. As people settled down to farm during the Neolithic Age, they built shelters that were more permanent.

Multiple Choice

Why did Paleolithic people move from region to region to region?

• They were always looking for more fertile land.

• They followed herds of animals they were hunting.

• They usually upset their neighbors after a few weeks.

Multiple Choice

Paleolithic shelter was

• temporary

• permanent

Permanent Shelters (2/3)

Inside were several rooms. Places to store food were built right into the floor. Pits for cooking were also dug into the floor, and lined with clay. People may have filled the pits with water, dropping in hot stones to make the water boil for cooking.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Neolithic homes only had one room.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Places to store food were built right into the ______________.

• walls

• floor

• doors

Multiple Choice

Pits for _____________ were also dug into the floor.

• sleeping

• cooking

• fighting

Permanent Shelters (3/3)

The development of permanent shelters was important in several ways. Houses gave people protection from harsh weather and wild animals. Houses made life more comfortable. People could cook food in new ways. The long-lasting shelters enabled people to settle together in larger communities.

Multiple Select

Check all of the following that were benefits of permanent housing:

• Houses gave people protection from harsh weather and wild animals.

• Houses made life more comfortable.

• People could cook food in new ways.

• Houses so close together made it easier to steal from your neighbors.

Multiple Choice

What does Catal Hoyuk mean

• Cow Town

• Cat Town

• Early Vilage

• We do not know what it means.

Multiple Choice

What did the discovery of Catal Hoyuk disprove?

• That Neolithic people raised crops and cattle.

• That early people worked together.

• That early people could not organize themselves well.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Homes in Catal Hoyuk were so close together that there were few, if any, streets.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How did people enter their homes in early settlements?

• They walked through the front door.

• They came in through the bathroom window.

• The crawled in through the roof.

• The crawled in through the floor.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following were NOT found in early homes?

• a kitchen area

• a library

• sleeping quarters

• rooms for storage

Multiple Choice

People in Catal Hoyuk kept their homes _______________.

• very clean.

• very messy.

Multiple Choice

Anthropologists believe society in Catal Hoyuk was egalitarian. What does that mean?

• Most of the people were very poor, except for the wealthy ruling class.

• People of high status were not given any special treatment or privileges.

Multiple Choice

Antholpoligist think people in Catal Hoyuk worshiped ____________.

• gods

• goddesses

• the sun

• the moon

Poll

How confident are you about your knowledge on the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Age?

• What the heck are you talking about?

• Kind of confident, I guess

• Pretty confident, but I need a little more practice

• I am the master of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages.

Open Ended

Exit Ticket

How did people benefit from the shift from temporary to permanent shelter?

SENTENCE STEMS:

One benefit of permanent shelter was ______________.

I think people benefited from permanent shelter by _________________.

SUPER DUPER ADVANCED SENTENCE STEM: Although I think _________ was an important benefit, it was not as important as ___________.