The Neolithic Revolution

Which development was a direct result of the Neolithic Revolution?

• Humans began to develop machines in order to mass produce goods

• A surplus of food led to the development of settlements and complex societies

• The hunter-gatherer lifestyle became obsolete within 100 years

• Massive trade networks formed to connect Europe and the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean

How did the Neolithic Revolution alter the social patterns of humans? (select all that apply)

• Human beings began to live as nomads

• Organized human settlements appeared for the first time

• Humans began to settle in permanent communities

• People began to live in small isolated tribes, with few members

The best way to describe the Paleolithic (pre-Neolithic) people, and their way of life, is by calling them

• Sentient

• Hominids

• Nomads

• Prehistoric

The single greatest change that sparked the Neolithic Revolution was...

• Vegetarianism-- movement away from eating meat to only eating fruits and grains

• Religion-- the development of massive organized religious belief systems

• Agriculture-- growing crops for food and the domestication of animals

• Hunter-Gathering-- a roaming/nomadic lifestyle adopted so individuals could gather food from the environment and follow wild herds

Where did the first civilizations rise?

• Along rivers

• In and around mountain ranges

• Across the Americas

• On coastlines/along the ocean

Which of the following was one of the major impacts of the Neolithic Revolution?

• Human beings began hunting and gathering their food

• Development of the first permanent settlements

• The first world war broke out

• Creation of the first document to protect human rights

____________________________ is the taming of animals for personal use ( for food, animal power, etc)

• domestication

• domination

• animalization

• cultivation

Where did the first organized civilizations develop?

• river valleys

• deserts

• coastlines

• plains

The building of a canal to bring water to farms is an example of _____.

• domestication

• diasphora

• slash and burn agriculture

• irrigation

What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution?

• a surplus of food supplies

• specialization of labor/jobs

• the development of permanent settlements

• All of the above