Neolithic Revolution

The Neolithic Revolution is...

• When humans began migrating around the world

• When humans discovered fire

• When domestication of plants & animals began

The Neolithic Revolution is named for .....

• the transition from hunting/gathering to agriculture

• the transition from stone tools to metal tools

• the transition of humans walking on two legs

• human migration to North America

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

How did man get his food during the Paleolithic Age?

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

What is another word for farming?

• industry
• Paleolithic
• agriculture
• migration

Which development was a direct result of the Neolithic Revolution?

• Machines were used to mass- produce goods for markets

• A surplus of food led to more complex societies

• Feudal manors provided the necessities of life.

• the centers of trade moved from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean

The best way to describe the Paleolithic people and their way of life is by calling them 

• artifacts
• hominids
• nomads
• prehistoric

Started in 10,000-8,000 BCE: includes farming & domestication of animals.

• Neolithic Revolution

• Out of Africa Migration

• Mesopotamia

Most early settlements started in ________ because of the fertile soil & access to water

• river valleys

• Africa

• the desert

Which two inventions allowed people to settle in one place and build permanent houses?

• Hunting and gathering

• Farming and domestication of animals

• Farming and hunting

• Hunting and fishing