Neolithic Revolution

Farming altered the way people lived because...

• People were no longer nomads

• Life expectancy was shorter

• They had to move around to new farms

• They weren't able to deviate from being hunter gatherers

A example of technology for the earliest civilizations was the

• Hammer

• Wheel

• Matches for fire

• Catapult

The Neolithic Revolution is...

• When humans began migrating around the world

• When humans discovered fire

• When domestication of plants & animals began

Domestication is...

• Breeding animals/plants for human use

• Migration from Africa to Asia

• Producing a system of growing crops

• Assigning different jobs

Social life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...

• Surplus of food led to social classes, but before everyone was the same

• Food scarcity forced humans to be in small groups of hunter-gatherers

SEDENTARY life is...

• settled life- as in farms & civilizations

• nomadic life- as in migration from place to place

• pastoral life- as in herders or cowboys

Specialization of labor is...

• People have different jobs

• Everyone farms so there is enough food

• Migration

• Everyone hunts and gathers

SURPLUS of food is...

• Extra food that can be used for storage & allows large populations

• Not enough food leading to starvation

• Just the right amount of food for survival

What is another name for the Neolithic Age?

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

What was a major effect of the neolithic revolution?

• People began hunting and gathering
• The first permanent settlements
• A terrible war
• Human rights