Transcript Neolithic Revolution.

REVOLUTION!!!
The Neolithic
revolution
After the Ice Ages the world started to warm
up.(change in CLIMATE!)
New plants like wheat and barley started to
grow
People started to live where these plants grew
The Neolithic
revolution
They then realized they could grow the
plants
This change from gathering to
agriculture was called the Neolithic
Revolution.
Agriculture = Farming
What is the Fertile
Crescent?
An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the
first civilizations began.
(TODAY THE FERTILE CRESENT IS PART OF THE
COUNTRY OF IRAQ)
CFU: WHAT IS CLIMATE?
JOT DOWN YOUR ANSWER ON YOUR NOTES AND
PUT YOUR PENCIL DOWN WHEN YOU ARE DONE.
Climate: The average weather over a long
period of time.
Got it? Give yourself a silent cheer! If not,
correct your answer.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE
CLIMATE OF MESOPOTAMIA?
Distance from the
equator
closer = warmer
Elevation: higher = colder
Closer to sea level =
warmer
Distance from water
Near = less change
Far = more change
So what does that mean for
MESOPOTAMIA’s CLIMATE?
Near equator, so warmer in general
(roughly the same latitude as Phoenix)
In a valley, mountains to the North (no
real significant rain shadow, but low
elevation)
Near several seas
SO WHAT MADE MESOPOTAMIA THE FERTILE CRESCENT?
The land there was fertile because of the sediment carried by the 2
rivers!
CFU: WHAT IS SEDIMENT?
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The dirt, rocks, minerals, and nutrients the flowing river picks up
as it moves through its channel!
CFU: If the rivers were heavy with sediment AS THEY Flowed
THROUGH MESOPOTAMIA, at WHAT COURSE OF THE RIVER
is Mesopotamia Located?
The Lower Course
Vocabulary
Neolithic
(Nee-oh-lith-ik)
4 syllables
new stone
Age
neo - new
lithic - stone
The neolithic revolution
started when people
began farming
Noun
Revolution
(rev-oh-loo-shun)
4 syllables
A big
change
The revolution changed
the world forever
Antonym
no change
Noun
How did the Neolithic
Revolution start?
people stopped searching
for food and started farming
learned to plant
seeds and grow plants
learned to herd
animals
What was the effect
IT CHANGED EVERYTHING!!!!!
stopped following animals
settled into villages
population growth because of so much food
Where
did
occur?
good soil and
lots of sun
Fertile Crescent
in the Middle East
Human-Environment
Interaction
• People built villages to stay (together)
• Communities formed in villages
• people shared goods so they could make
everyone’s lives easier.
• How did this affect the natural landscape?
Culture
people staying one place
Regional characteristics develop
What defines an area?
Religion
Art
Education
LAW
Laws and Leaders
people lived together and so made rules on how to
act
chose leaders for their community
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