Neolithic Revolution Vocabulary

sedentary lifestyle

• staying in one place - the opposite of nomadic

• production process of workers having one specialized task

• practice of farming

• watering of land and plants by canals and waterways

agrarian civilization

• preserving/sharing information /passing it along to others

• watering of land/plants by canals/waterways

• a society whose economy is based on growing/producing crops

• gathering plants/hunting and fishing

irrigation

• preserving/sharing information to share with others

• practice of farming

• process of adapting/changing/modifying wild plants and animals for human use

• watering of land/plants by canals/waterways to increase crop production

domestication

• ordering/ranking of individuals in a society based on power and wealth

• process of adapting/changing/modifying wild plants & animals for human use

• production process /workers are given specialized tasks

• staying in one place- opposite of nomadic

division of labor

• preserving/sharing information and passing it along

• gathering plants/hunting and fishing

• organized society in one location with central gov./writing system/job specialization

• production process - workers are given specialized tasks

Neolithic Revolution

• transitional period in human history from hunter-gatherer to agricultural

• organized society around a central gov./writing system/job specialization

• practice of farming

• when more than what is needed is produced or made

social hierarchy

• practice of farming

• production process /workers or groups has specialized task

• ordering/ranking of individuals in a society based power/wealth

• preserving/sharing information and passing it along

agriculture

• when more than what is needed is produced or made

• practice of farming

• preserving/sharing information and passing it along

• a society whose economy is based on growing/producing crops

surplus

• when more than what is needed is produced or made

• practice of farming

• preserving/sharing info./passing it along

• ordering/ranking of individuals in a society based on power

Civilization

• a society whose economy is based on growing/producing crops

• transitional period in human history from Hunter-Gatherer to Agriculture

• organized society in one location with central gov. food production, writing system

• gathering plants and hunting/fishing