Neolithic Revolution

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

• a.  Hunters & Gathers
• a.  Toolmakers
• a.  Farmers

1.  What did the Neolithic Revolution bring about?

• a.  Storms
• a.  Drought
• a.  Agriculture

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

Before the _______________________ Revolution, people were  _______________________.

• Paleolithic, monsters
• Neolithic, nomads
• 
  innovations, cultivation
• Neolithic, hunter-gatherers

During Neolithic times, people engaged in _______________________ of the land and _______________________ of animals and plants. Because people could now grow their own food, known as farming or _______________________, they were able to establish permanent settlements and develop many _______________________, or improvements, to make their lives easier.

• innovations, shelters, cultivation, migration

• settlements, cultivation, innovations, shelter

• cultivation, migration, shelters, domestication

• cultivation, domestication, agriculture, innovations

Put the following dates in order:

1. 3,200 BC – Sumerians invented Cuneiform

2. c. 8,000 BC – Agriculture was invented.

3. 100 AD

4. 4,000 BC – Plow is invented. Humans use bronze and writing

5. 6,500 BC – 5,500 BC Wheel invented

6. 2,000 BC – Codes of Law are written

• 1,2,3,4,5,6

• 2,5,4,1,6,3

• 3,4,1,2,5,6

• 6,3,1,4,5,2

study prehistoric and historic people and their cultures by studying artifacts (2 answers correctly apply)

• Archaeologist

• Paleontologist

• Geographer

• Anthropologist

What is another name for the Neolithic Age?

• New Stone Age
• Old Stone Age
• Prehistoric Period
• The Ice Age

What change marked the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution? 

• beginning of hunting and gathering
• man learned to write
• man began farming
• man built towns and cities