Early Civilization: Community, Jobs, and Trade

Early Civilization: Community, Jobs, and Trade

Friday, November 6th

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Multiple Choice

What does fertile mean?

• permanent settlement

• unable to grow crops

• able to grow crops

• good for foraging

Multiple Choice

Neolithic shelter was _____________.

• permanent

• temporary

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 floor.

• The crawled in through the roof.

Multiple Choice

How did people cook in Neolithic homes?

• They used a gas stove.

• They ate all their food raw.

• They cooked their food in clay-lined compartments in the floor.

• They ordered Papa's Pizza.

Multiple Choice

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

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

• Most of the people were very poor, except for the wealthy ruling class, who received special treatment and privileges.

Open Ended

Why did early humans settle in the Fertile Crescent?

Make sure to write a COMPLETE SENTENCE, restate the question, and properly capitalize and punctuate.

SENTENCE STEM: Early humans settled in the Fertile Crescent because ____________________.

SUPER DUPER ADVANCED SENTENCE STEM: When early humans were foragers they _____________, but the shift to farming led them to the Fertile Crescent because __________________.

Learning Target

I can explain how early human settlements established community, created jobs, and traded with one another.

Open Ended

What does community mean to you?

Open Ended

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Developing Neolithic Community

The First Human Settlements

As people began growing food, they settled down near their farms. As a result, towns and villages grew up, like those at Jericho (in present-day Israel) and Catal Hoyuk (Turkey).

Early Communities

Living in communities made it possible for people to organize themselves more efficiently. They could divide up the work of producing food and other things they needed. While some people grew crops, others built houses and made tools.

Multiple Choice

While some people grew crops, others built houses and made ___________.

• food

• money

• tools

• loud noises

Cooperation

Village dwellers also learned to cooperate to do a task more quickly. For example, toolmakers could share the work of making stone axes and knife blades. By working together, they could make more tools in the same amount of time.

Comfort and Safety

With many of their basic needs now met, people had more time and energy for other activities. They could invent new ways of making their lives more comfortable and much safer.

Multiple Choice

Village dwellers also learned to ___________ to do a task more quickly.

• compete

• cooperate

• procrastinate

Multiple Choice

By working together, early humans could make _________ tools in the same amount of time.

• more

• fewer

Developing New Jobs

New Kinds of Jobs

Having a stable food supply allowed people to develop new kinds of jobs.

Historians believe that the townspeople of Catal Hoyuk worked in a variety of jobs. Besides farmers, there were weavers, basket makers, toolmakers, and traders.

Breakthroughs in Farming

In Catal Hoyuk, farmers learned how to grow more than 14 kinds of food plants.

Better Clothing

Clothing makers developed a way to spin and weave. 

New Skills

One effect of the development of different jobs was to inspire workers to improve their skills. This led to newer and better ways of doing things. And different jobs added much greater variety to community life.

Multiple Choice

Historians believe that the townspeople of Catal Hoyuk worked in a variety of jobs. Besides farmers, there were weavers, basket makers, toolmakers, and _________.

• teachers

• bankers

• traders

• celelbrities

Multiple Choice

In Catal Hoyuk, farmers learned how to grow more than ____ kinds of food plants.

• 1

• 4

• 14

• 24

Beginning to Trade

The Rise of Trade

Another major change introduced in Neolithic times was the growth of trade. Paleolithic hunter-gatherers rarely traded with other groups.  As people settled in towns and villages, trade became a more common activity.

The Role of Traders

As Neolithic people became more skilled in their crafts, they wanted materials that would improve the strength and beauty of the things they made. Getting those resources became the job of traders.

Traders' Travel

Traders often traveled hundreds of miles in search of these materials. They crossed mountains on foot, rode donkeys across deserts, and sailed the Mediterranean Sea on ships.

Popular Items

Popular items included flint and obsidian (volcanic rock). Craftspeople used obsidian to make knife blades, arrowheads, and mirrors. People also traded for “beauty products” like shell ornaments and a red ore called hematite. Women rubbed hematite on their lips and cheeks to make them redder.

Multiple Choice

Paleolithic people ____________ traded with outside groups.

• often

• rarely

Multiple Choice

As people settled in towns and villages, trade became a more ____________ activity.

• rare

• common

Multiple Choice

As Neolithic people became more skilled in their crafts, they wanted materials that would improve the strength and ___________ of the things they made.

• affordability

• usefulness

• beauty

Multiple Choice

True or False: Traders did not need to travel far to get the materials they wanted.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Neolithic Traders even sailed across the ________________.

• Mediterranean Sea

• Pacific Ocean

• Dead Sea

• Arctic Ocean

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did humans NOT use obsidian to make?

• clothing

• arrowheads

• knives

• mirrors

Open Ended

Exit Ticket

Why was the growth of trade important?

Make sure to write a complete sentence, restate the question, and properly capitalize and punctuate.

SENTENCE STEMS: Trade was important because ______________.

SUPER DUPER ADVANCED SENTENCE STEM: Although I believe trade was important for many reasons, the main reason it was significant was __________, because ________________.