Forming Complex Societies
Do Now Essential Question: Why did early people begin to live together in villages? Why did societies begin to develop? What factors lead to their formation?
Farming Villages 1. Why did farming villages develop?
Farming Villages Answer: Some farmers produced enough surplus food to support more people
Farming Villages 2. What details about the houses of Çatal Hüyük suggest that the village was a permanent settlement?
Farming Villages Answer: The houses were made of baked clay bricks, and people decorated their homes with paintings and carvings of women, bulls, and other images.
Çatal Hüyük
Farming Villages 3. Near what resources did highly successful farming communities develop?
Farming Villages Answer: Water and good soil
Farming Communities Spread Greece
Animals RaisedPlants Grown Cattle Sheep Pigs Wheat Barley Other grains
Asia (present day India, Pakistan)
Animals RaisedPlants Grown Cattle Water buffalo Other Animals Grains Other Crops
Mehrgarh
Animals RaisedPlants Grown Not knownCotton
Farming Communities Spread 5. What two advantages did terraces provide for the Yangshao people?
Farming Communities Spread Answer: More flat land for farming and protection from floods
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