Agricultural Revolution

How did the lifestyle of hunter gatherers compare to that of early farmers?

• Hunter/Gatherers had more free time

• Hunter/Gatherers stayed in one place

• Farmers had larger commununities

• Farmers were less likely to catch diseases

What was an advantage of the Neolithic lifestyle?

• Protection from enemies

• Nomadic life was easier

• Livestock was unsustainable

• Only men could be hunters and farmers

Food surpluses in the Neolithic Farming Village … 

• Made the village susceptible to raids from nomadic tribes

• Were not stored properly and spoiled, so people starved to death

• Made it possible for people to do things other than farming 

• Caused the entire population to become obese

Having sufficient food caused an end to: 

• The Ice Age

• The New Stone Age 

• Nomadic ways of life

• Farming villages

 The change that led to all other changes in the Neolithic Revolution was the

• Movement away from eating only fruits and grains to eating meat

• Discovery of new technology

• The method of obtaining food

• Development of social structures.

All of the following are the results of the agricultural revolution EXCEPT …

• settlements with high densities of population

• specialized and complex divisions of labor

• economies that began trading with each other

• domesticated animals were used to protect families

The move from nomadic to neolithic farming lifestyles is an example of Continuity and Change because… 

• The way people ate changed but how they gained food stayed the same

• How much people traveled stayed the same but where they traveled changed

• What types of jobs available stayed the same but housing changed 

• The way people ate stayed the same but how they obtained food changed 

One significant change that occurred during the Neolithic Revolution is --

• Tools became specialized for hunting

• Tools became larger and heavier

• Tools became smaller, sharper, and more specialized

• Tools were not yet invented

Based on the image, what can historians conclude… 

• Early man raised livestock

• Early man hunted wildlife 

• Early man had advanced weaponry 

• Early man were often in conflict with other groups 

 Which skill is needed to make a conclusion about the cave painting? 

• Periodization

• Causation 

• Interpretation 

• Contextualization