Neolithic Revolution

How did humans get food during the Paleolithic Era?

• Hunting and Gathering

• Agriculture

• Grocery Shopping

• Scavenging

How did humans get food in the Neolithic Era?

• Hunting and Gathering

• Agriculture

• Grocery Shopping

• Scavenging

True or False, nomads move around from place to place in search of food?

• True

• False

Why was agriculture an important invention?

• Humans could stay in one place and build permanent settlements

• Food came from more reliable source

• People could now work different jobs and invent new things

• All of these are correct

"Long before the rule of pharaohs, Egyptians grew wheat and barely and raised pigs, goats, sheep and cattle. Spotty evidence had suggested that agriculture was practiced there more than 7,000 years ago, two millenniums earlier that the first royal dynasties...."

Which period in history is referred to in this excerpt?

• Industrial Revolution

• Neolithic Revolution

• Scientific Revolution

• Green Revolution

The Neolithic Revolution was characterized by

• change from nomadic hunting and gathering to settled farming

• growth of iron making technology

• decline of large empires

• migration of people to America

1. What were the primary occupations of people during the Paleolithic Era?

• a. Hunters & Gathers

• a. Toolmakers

• a. Farmers

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

During the Neolithic Revolution....

• People learned to grow food

• People migrated to find food

• People were nomadic

How did man get his food during the Paleolithic Age?

• Growing crops
• Hunting and Gathering
• Stealing from others
• Scavenging