What were the benefits of settled life?
A steady food supply and shelter from the harsh climate
Why did the population increase in the Neolithic age ?
Because of farming and permanent structures
What was true of the class structures that developed in Neolithic civilizations?
They were often organized by types of work
What is specialization?
A job based on ones skills
What is Columbus nationality?
Italian
What is the meaning of a nomadic lifestyle
Moving from place to place in search of food.
A steady food suplycreated_____
Healthier people
What was one of the new characteristics of society that developed during the Neolithic period in all civilizations?
formation of government
What was the name of one of the oldest farming communities in the Neolithic Era
Jerico
What country set up colonies on the eastern side of the Ameircas
England
Along what physical features of the Fertile Crescent did most early people settle?
Water sources especially rivers
The invention of the ox-drawn plow
The Bronze age
What is the main reason that specialization began in Neolithic times?
Fewer people were needed to produce food.
Which change was a result of the Agricultural Revolution?
healthier, growing populations
Where is the Grand Canyon?
Arizona
Why did the early civilizations of Neolithic times develop in river valleys?
the fertile soil
7.Why was bronze an improvement in technology over copper?
It was stronger
4. Which technology was invented during the Bronze Age?
the wheel
For what purpose did the Neolithic people domesticate
sleeps and cows?
meat and milk
What is irrigation?
a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
How did the Paleolithic people survive?
They survive by hunting and gathering food
Technology gave advances on what specific time in the Ancient world
The Bronze age
10. What did having a system of writing allow Neolithic civilizations to do?
To pass on the information
What is a Monarchy
a government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parent
Women worked in farms True or False
False