Early Agriculture

About 10,000 years ago, Humans learned to ____ (Neolithic Era)

• Bake

• Sell

• Farm

• Trade

The shift from hunting to Farming

• Neolithic Agricultural Revolution

• Neolithic Industrial Domestication

• Birth of Cities

• Paleolithic Era

A complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living

• Revolution

• Domesticate

• Surplus

• Specialization

Causes of The Birth of Farming

• Temperatures decreased and rainfall patters stayed the same

• Temperatures increased and rainfall patterns changed

• Glaciers began to shrink and ocean levels rose

• Only one correct answer

How did people discover farming?

(Modifying the Environment)

• By breeding animals led them to modify the environment

• People cleared trees and bushes by setting them on fire. The grasses that grew back attracted grazing animals which led them to discover farming.

• By watching trees grow and seeds falling

• People noticed that if seeds were scattered on the ground, new plants grew there the next year. This discovery led them to find new ways to encourage the growth of wild food plant

How were domesticated animals and plants a reliable source?

• Source of food

• Used for work

• Used for clothing

• All of the above

To change the growth of plants ore behavior of animals in ways that are useful for animals

• Revolution

• Domesticate

• Surplus

• Specialization

Farming led people to invent new tools ….?

• Stone

• Iron

• Bronze

• Wood

Wild wolves developed into dogs which humans then domesticated. How did dogs help humans? (3)

• Protection

• Hunt

• Used the plow on them

• Companionship

Domesticated plants

• Grains

• Lilacs

• Meat

• Chicken