The Neolithic Revolution and River Valley Civilization

Demographers study population sizes and reasons why it--

• changed over time

• floods over time

• why many companies are based in New YorkCity

Which of the following was considered a benefit of the Neolithic Revolution? (check as many as apply)

• Labor specialitization

• New technologies

• agriculture

• Poorer diet

• infrastucture

Farmers planted crops and harvested more than enough for their families with the excess food farmers traded this to people with special skills in making items that the farmers needed. This led to a creation of new jobs _______ because different people specialized in different jobs

• Complex Society

• Social hierarchy

• patriarchy

• labor specialization

 

During the Paleolithic Era, communities were normally small and were often extended families. These groups were normally made of fewer than 1000 people and were small enough for everyone to know each other and people were normally at least distantly related, so this helped the people in the group feel connected to each other without the need for an organized government to unify them. Having few belongings, they were relatively ________ with everyone having access to the same few items.

• Social Hierarchy

• Egalitarian Society

• Social Inequality

Answer explanation

Men and women were equal in the Paleolithic Era they share everything all of the labor even until this day their are nomadic societies that exits.

Advances in medicine and infrastructure happened in what time period?

• Paleolithic Era

• Neolithic Revolution

What technology did Paleolithic people invent? (mark all that apply)

• Language

• Infrastructure

• Tools

• Fire

Answer explanation

Infrastructure was invented during the Neolithic Revolution when people began to live in towns and cities.

Which of the following were invented during the Neolithic Revolution? (check as many as apply)

• agriculture

• fire

• the plow

• wheel

• domestication of plants and animals

Answer explanation

All of these technologies were invented during the Neolithic Revolution

Which of the following is considered a cost of the Neolithic Revolution (check all that apply)

• Agriculture

• declining health

• pathogens

• social inequality

• Patriarchy/

  Social Hierarchy

Which of the following are characteristics of the Neolithic Revolution (Identify two characteristics)

• Nomadic Peoples

• domesticated plants and animals

• Invented fire

• Labor Specialization

Which of the following identifies the two main parts of Geography

• Human Geography and Physical Geography

• Historian and Geographers

• Physical properties and Societies

• Compass and Compass Rose