Neolithic Revolution

Another name for the Neolithic Revolution is the

• Stone Revolution.

• Earth's Orbit.

• Agricultural Revolution.

• Iron Age.

According to the article entitled, “The Positive Effects of Agriculture,” there are many advantages of agriculture. Which of the following isn't one?

• Job Specialization

• New tools and technology

• Domestication of wheat, corn, and rice.

• Surplus of food

• Less work for everyone

According to the article entitled, “The Positive Effects of Agriculture,” there are many advantages of agriculture. Which of the following isn't one?

• Agriculture led to civilization as we know it.

• Writing is developed.

• There's not enough time to develop technology.

• Government leaders don't have to worry about gathering enough food to eat.

“The Positive Effects of Agriculture” states, “In fact, you can follow the trail of agriculture all the way to present, tracing the domestication of wheat, maize (corn), and rice forward to most of humanity's most striking accomplishments.”

What are other things that can be domesticated?

• machines

• plants

• animals

• tornadoes

The Neolithic Era produced several new ideas and concepts like the establishment of permanent settlements. How did this help human society develop?

• People were able to build homes in all the places they would gather food and they would rent out the buildings when they weren't in use.

• This new concept allowed for a social system to be developed where there was enough food and the work was distributed.

• Permanent settlements made the hunter gatherer lifestyle easier because they could store all the food they gathered.

• It gave people more room to live.

The Neolithic Era produced several new ideas and concepts like the development of new technologies. How did new technologies and ideas help farmers and farming? (SELECT 3)

• Farmers created a simple calendar to track their planting and harvesting.

• Farmers developed farming tools and plows

• Farmers created tractors more efficiently prepare soil.

• People created metal weapons to protect their resources.

Job Specialization

• The spread of cultural beliefs.
  
• Doing one specific thing in order to get the most benefit out of it.
• An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.
• Relies on hunting and gathering for survival.

Surplus

• A type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity.
• The early Stone Age.
• The most advanced stage of human society and organization.
• An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.

Irrigation

• An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.
• Relies on hunting and gathering for survival.
• Relies on farming and ranching.
• The watering of land to make it ready for agriculture.

What do we consider to be the time period known as pre-history?

• The time before we were able to use electronic devices

• The time when dinosaurs walked the earth

• The time before written clues were left

• The last Ice Age.