Vocabulary
What is Neolithic Period?
Where were wild grains most likely to grow?
Mesopotamia near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is a permanent settlement?
A place where people live for a long time instead of moving from place to place.
Extra food or goods beyond what people need for immediate use.
What was one effect of domesticated animals?
They provided humans with reliable milk, food, and labor
What is agriculture?
The practice of growing crops and raising or domesticating animals for food and other needs.
Why did early humans find crops growing in camps and return to those places?
They had dropped seeds from previous year and those seeds grow into crops.
Why could people stay in one place during the Neolithic Period?
They had reliable food sources such as crops and domesticated animals.
What could farmers do with surplus crops?
They could store them, trade them, or use them later.
What are two things that developed during the Neolithic Period?
Large permanent settlements and bartering/trading
What is domestication?
The process of changing plants or animals so they can be grown or raised by humans.
Which happened first: domestication of plants and grains, or the development of large permanent settlements?
Domestication of plants and grains
Name one effect of settling in one place.
Humans built permanent settlements.
What does specialization mean in a community?
Some people could focus on jobs other than farming, such as making pottery, tools, or other goods.
What could we conclude from the Neolithic animal shaped vessel?
Neolithic people had a specialized society that allowed for the development of pottery and art.
What does nomadic mean?
Moving from place to place rather than living permanently in one location.
What happened when farmers grew more crops than they could use?
What was one result of large permanent settlements?
People could remain in one place and build permanent homes or communities.
What happened when people traded surplus goods?
Goods, ideas, and knowledge could spread between groups.
How did people's lives change during the Neolithic Period?
People transitioned from nomadic life to agricultural societies and increasingly lived in permeant settlements.
What is specialization?
When people focus on a particular job or skill.
Why was having a reliable food supply important to early farmers?
It helped people remain in one place and supported permanent settlements.
How did surplus food lead to specialization?
With extra food available, some people could focus on different jobs instead of farming.
How did farming lead to permanent settlements. surplus, trade, and specialized jobs?
Farming provided a more reliable food supply, allowing people to settle in one place. Extra food created surplus, which could be stored or traded. With a reliable food supply, people could specialize in jobs such as pottery or toolmaking.