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

Record Keeping is a _________________.

• Way to communicate
• What DJ's do
• Characteristic of a Civilization

1.  Schools,  Government, and Religion are examples of ________________________.

•    Advanced cities
•      Complex Institutions
•        Specialized Workers

During the Neolithic Revolution

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

Nomadic means to

• Sleep in tents
• Move around frequently
• Stay in one place

Record Keeping,  Advanced Technology, Complex Institutions, Advanced Cities, and Specialized Workers are all

• Characteristics of Hunting and Gathering Societies
• Characteristics of Civilizations
• Characteristics of Nomadic Tribes

A example of technology for the earliest civilizations was the

• Hammer
• Wheel
• Matches for fire

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

• innovations, shelters, cultivation, migration
• settlements, cultivation, innovations, shelter
• cultivation, migration, shelters, domestication
• cultivation, demestication, agriculture, innovations