Topic 1, Lesson 3: Developing Complex Cultures

Topic 1, Lesson 3: Developing Complex Culture

Directions: Record any information you consider vital. I will point out certain things you need to copy. Be prepared to respond to prompts and multiple choice questions throughout lesson. Rewards will be given.

1. How did human societies become more complex?

2. How did humans begin to modify their environment?

​Lesson Essential Q.

How much does geography shape people's lives?

Unit Essential Q.

Essential Questions

Key Vocabulary - Write and define.

• populate

• animism

• domesticate

• revolution

• nomad

In what generals ways was life becoming more complex as compared to the early stone age? How did animism contribute to complexity of culture? Look throught the Paleolithic cave art What does this reveal about the increasing complexity of our human ancestors?

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​Becoming more complex

Multiple Choice

1.)What is the term for the belief that spirits fill the natural world?

• humanism

• naturalism

• spiritualism

• animism

Multiple Choice

3.)What happens during a revolution?

• Life changes some.

• Life changes completely.

• Life changes a little.

• Life does not change.

Multiple Choice

5.)Why did people create new tools? (Again what would make the most sense for our stone age friends?)

• to use raw materials

• to learn a craft

• to practice new skills

• to make life easier

Multiple Choice

4.)Why did people domesticate plants?

• They were more flavorful.

• They were a reliable food supply.

• They made it easier to migrate.

• They wanted to live in a variety of environments.

Multiple Choice

6.) What does populate mean in the context of the Stone Age?

• to take a pop quiz

• to migrate across land bridges

• to spread out to become inhabitants of almost every land area of the world?

• to paint super cool pictures of animals deep in caves

Multiple Choice

7.)What are nomads?

• somebody who is not mad

• somebody who lives in one place their whole life

• somebody who makes pictures of hands on caves

• people who move from place to place with their herds of animals.

Multiple Choice

8.)What does domesticate mean in the context of the Stone Age?

• to use complex language to communicate

• to believe in spirits in the after life

• to bury their dead in such a way that shows that the people were valued

• to change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful for humans.

​Adapting to New Environments

• Why did early humans have to adapt to new environments over time?

• What happened after the last ice age?

• What new ideas developed?

• What is meant by an agricultural revolution?

• How did humans learn to modify their environments? What are some examples?

• What did early human do in places that weren't suited for farming?

Multiple Choice

Which word means dependable, steady, not risky?

• potential

• reliable

• domesticate

• nomad

Multiple Choice

The shift from hunting to farming was so important that historians call it the

• Stone Age

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Era

• Neolithic Agricultural Revolution

Multiple Choice

Neolithic means ___________________________.

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• Awesome in ancient Greek

Multiple Choice

The Neolithic Age began when _________________.

• people learned to sharpen arrow tips with fire.

• writing began.

• farming began.

• drawing began.

Multiple Choice

What was the biggest technological advance for Neolithic humans and their communities.

• Domesticating animals and farming.

• The invention of gunpowder so they could hunt better.

• The revolutionary new iPhone.

• Making stone hammers and hatchets.

Multiple Choice

What was the first animal most likely to be domesticated?

• sheep

• cats

• wolves/dogs

• chickens

Match

Match the vocabulary word to the definition

• Technology

• Land Bridge

• Specialization

• Bronze Age

• Domesticate

An ability gained by the practical use of knowledge

A strip of land caused by low sea levels during the last Ice Age

The act of training for a particular job

The period of human culture when people began to make and use bronze

To adapt an animal to live with humans for the advantage of humans

• An ability gained by the practical use of knowledge

• A strip of land caused by low sea levels during the last Ice Age

• The act of training for a particular job

• The period of human culture when people began to make and use bronze

• To adapt an animal to live with humans for the advantage of humans

Multiple Choice

"emerged in new civilizations to help people explain their lives. For example, they helped explain the forces of nature and the role of humans in the world."

Which characteristic is described?

• religion

• government

• writing systems

• social structure

Multiple Choice

If you have a food surplus,

• You need to find more food now.

• You have just enough food.

• You need to go shopping

• You have more food than you need.

Pastoral Nomadism

• Based on the modern day example on Pastoral Nomadism, come up with a good definition of this way of life.

Multiple Choice

the process by which humans alter the landscape in order to raise crops and livestock for consumption and trade

• agriculture

• horticulture

• agribusiness

• monoculture

Multiple Choice

the process of diverting water from its natural course or location to aid in the production of crops

• irrigation

• cultivation

• transhumance

• domestication

Multiple Choice

What is Pastoral Nomadism?

• Door to door evangelist

• Living in a pasture

• A form of agriculture based on herding domesticated animals

• A cool new coffee shop

Multiple Choice

One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.

• They no longer were nomads
• Life expectancy was shorter
• They had to move around to new farms

Multiple Choice

During the Neolithic Revolution

• People learned to grow food
• People migrated to find food
• People were nomadic

Multiple Choice

the branch of agriculture concerned with the raising of livestock. It is animal husbandry: the care, tending and use of animals such as camels, goats, cattle, yaks, llamas, and sheep.

• Migration

• Domestication

• Prehistory

• Pastoralism