Life Before Farming
What is a hunter-gatherer?
A person who moves place to place hunting animals and collecting wild plants, fruits, and nuts for food.
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
A big change when people began farming and raising animals instead of only hunting and gathering.
What is farming?
Planting seeds to grow crops and raising animals to provide food.
When people do different jobs instead of everyone doing the same work.
Name one benefit of farming.
More food
Permanent homes
Ability to store food
Population growth
Name two materials hunter gatherers used to make tools.
Stone
Bone
Wood
How many years ago did the Neolithic Revolution begin?
10,000
Name one farming tool and one farming method used in the Neolithic Era.
Irrigation
Give two examples of jobs that appeared after farming became common.
Craftsman
Leader
Priest
Trader
Name one problem that came with farming and settling in villages.
Diseases spread more easily when people lived close together.
Farming took a long time and was hard work.
Name one reason life as a hunter-gatherer could be difficult.
Food could be hard to find.
People had to travel a lot.
Life was uncertain.
Name three crops or animals that early farmers grew or raised.
Wheat, rice, and corn.
Goats, sheep, and cows.
Explain how irrigation helped early farmers.
Irrigation moved water to fields so crops could grow more reliably, especially when rain was limited.
Explain how farming allowed people to have different jobs besides growing food.
Farming produced extra food that could be stored, so not everyone needed to farm. This allowed people to learn other skills and work as craftsmen, leaders, or traders.
Explain how farming led to a larger population of people.
Farming produced extra food that could be stored, which could then be used to feed and support more people.
Describe how hunter-gatherers found their food.
They hunted animals and gathered wild plants, fruits, and nuts.
Explain the changes that occurred during the Neolithic Revolution.
Farming changed how people got food, where they lived, and how societies were organized.
Describe how a tool like the plow changed farming and one effect it had on communities.
The plow made farming easier. This led to more food, larger villages, and more people having jobs other than farming.
Describe one way society changed because people began to own land and pass it on to their children.
It created social differences and led to some families having wealth over others.
Describe two long term effects the Neolithic Revolution had.
It led to leaders and organized governments.
It led to job specialization.
It led to the growth of cities.
It led to trade between communities.