Transcript 1.2 - River Ridge

World History
Chapter 1
II. The Beginning of Agriculture
Reading Exercise
• Create a graphic organizer. On the left side,
describe the key facts related to the
development of agriculture, including both
plant and animal domestication. On the right
side of the graphic organizer, note the ways
in which the development of agriculture
affected Neolithic societies.
Main Idea
• The development of agriculture was on
of the most important turning points in
human history and significantly changed
the way in which many people lived.
Objectives
• Discover what new tools and technologies did
early humans develop during the New stone
Age.
• Investigate how early agriculture developed
and spread.
• Identify in what ways did the development of
agriculture change Stone Age society.
A) The New Stone Age
• Neolithic – new stone age – 8000 BC –
3000 BC – more advanced stone tools
• Tools made with polishing and grinding
instead of chipping
B) Development of
Agriculture
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Neolithic Revolution - shift from gathering to
growing food.
10,000 years ago at the end of the ice age,
many species died out
Domestication – selective growing or
breeding of plants and animals – taming
Domestication gave people a better more
reliable food source
C) Agriculture Changes
Society
• Populations grew
• Settlements formed
• Pastoralists – people who ranged over wide areas and kept hers
of livestock – nomads
• Settlements developed into towns
• Skilled craft workers developed
• Extra food allowed for trade
• Men became dominate – farming
• Religion and upper class developed
• Megaliths – huge stones
• Warfare invented – land and water
• Disease increased
D) New Technologies
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Hand tools developed
6000 BC – plow invented
Pestles and grindstones
Pottery for storage
Weave wool into garments
Bronze Age – 3000 BC – mix of copper and
tin – replaced stone tools
E) Catal Huyuk and Otzi
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Neolithic village discovered in Turkey
30 acres
Houses built close together
Otzi the Iceman – 1991 found frozen in the
Alps – 5000 years old
• Stitched skin outfit, leather shoes, copper
knife, flint.
• Arrowhead found in his back – murdered?
Review
• How did tool making in the New Stone Age
differ from tool making in the Old Stone Age?
• How did people benefit from farming and the
domestication of plants and animals?
• How did the development of agriculture affect
Neolithic societies?