Agricultural Revolution
What is the practice of growing crops for food called?
What is Agriculture
What did people build when they began staying in one place
What is permanent homes
What does it mean to domesticate an animal
What is tame/raise animals for human use
What do we call extra food that a farmer doesn't need
surplus
what geographic feature was especially important for early farmers
rivers
What is one reason early humans began farming?
What is more reliable food supply
Where did some of the first permanent human settle
What is Mesopotamia
Name one animal that early humans domesticated
What is sheep, goats, cattle, etc
What is it called when two people exchange goods without money
bartering
what two seas were near Mesopotamia
black sea and Caspian sea
What did early humans sometimes find growing near their camps that led to the discovery of agriculture
What grains/crops
Did Neolithic people generally live in smaller or larger communities compared to nomadic groups?
What is larger communities
What are 2 things humans could get from domesticated animals
What is food/milk and labor
a farmer has extra wheat and gives some to a potter in exchange for pots. What is happening
bartering
what are materials such as woven cloth called
textiles
What major change happened during the Neolithic revolution
What is people stopped being nomadic and made agricultural societies
What is it called when people in a society have different jobs
What is specialization
What is the domestication of plants?
What is growing/selecting plants for human use
why was having a surplus important to early communities
they could store it or trade it
what is the word for the buildings and structures that help support a community? i.e. roads, canals, irrigation
infrastructure
The process of growing and raising plants for human use
Agriculture/farming
Name 2 things that developed as people began living in permanent settlements
What is larger settlements, permanent homes, specialization, trade, pottery, etc.
Which happened first: domestication of plants or development of large civilizations
Domestication of plants
how could trade help different communities
allowed people to get goods they didn't have any spread ideas/knowledge
what is architecture
the design and construction of buildings/structures