Developing Civilizations Review Questions

•Planting wheat and barley

•Domesticating animals

•Establishing permanent homes and villages

At the beginning of the Neolithic Revolution, the most direct impact of these developments was on

• Religion and government

• Transportation and trade

• Diet and shelter

• Climate and topography

The Neolithic Revolution is a turning point because...

• Historians love fancy words

• It changed human history FOREVER

• It continued habits from Paleolithic times

The Neolithic Revolution is...

• When humans began migrating around the world

• When humans discovered fire

• When domestication of plants & animals began

ECONOMIC life changed because of the Neolithic Revolution because...

• women and men remained equal

• People started to farm instead of hunt & gather

• Women became more powerful than men

POLITICAL life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...

• Kings were at the top of the Social Hierarchy afterward

• Everyone remained equal

• Farming made people sick and die

PATRIARCHY is

• Men have all the power

• Egalitarian/equal

• Who run the world? Girls!

Specialization of labor is...

• People have different jobs

• Everyone farms so there is enough food

• Migration

SURPLUS of food is...

• Extra food that can be used for storage & allows large populations

• Not enough food leading to starvation

• Just the right amount of food for survival

River in China

• Nile

• Yellow

• Mesopotamia

• Indus

Indus River

• India

• China

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia