1. Warm Up Take out your spiral notebook.
One the next page, label the page Neolithic Revolution C-Notes.
Define these words in C-Note Style.
Nomad
Civilization
Domestication

2. Unit 1 Definitions Nomad - A person who moves from place to place.
Civilization - A complex culture in which large numbers of people share a number of common elements such as social structure, religion, and art.
Domestication - Adaptation for human use.

3. Agenda
Vocabulary
Neolithic Revolution C- Notes

4. Any History before written History is called
In the Beginning….
Old
Stone
Age
Last
Ice
18,000 BC
New
8,000 BC
Bronze Age
And
Early
Civilization
3,000 BC
Any History before written History is called
“PREHISTORY”

5. Nomads http://learning.snagfilms.com/film/a-nomads-life
Stone Weapons and Tools
Old
Stone
Age or
Paleolithic
Hunters and Gatherers
Neanderthals and Cromagnons
Nomads
Cave Paintings
Ended with 4th Ice Age
Land warmed, migration, humans survived

6. Stone Age Tools

7. N e a n d r t h l

10. Neolithic Revolution What caused the Neolithic Revolution?
Hunter-gathering bands scattered seeds near campsites that resulted in growth of new crops.
Climate change
Growing populations

11. Old
Stone
Age
Last
Ice
Age
18,000 BC
New
Stone
Age
8,000 BC
Neolithic
Farming and Settlements
Domestication of Animals
Safer and more reliable
Village Growth
Artisans, trade, and barter
Refined tools – stone-to-stone
eventually to copper, then Bronze

12. Neolithic
Man

13. Neolithic Home

14. Neolithic
Pottery

15. Neolithic
Needle

17. Late Neolithic Tools

18. Neolithic Revolution
What were the positive effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
Establishment of permanent settlements.
Development of culture (art, religion, and specialization of labor); irrigation
systems developed as crop
production increased.

19. Neolithic Revolution
What were the negative effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
Spread of disease, villages and cities susceptible to attacks, settlements could be destroyed by natural disasters.

20. Thinking like a Neolithic
Imagine you are alive during Neolithic times. Address each of the following Neolithic problems…
1. How do we keep our village safe from invaders?
2. Who should control the irrigation canals?
3. How can we stop bad things from happening to us? (like floods)
4. How should the land be divided in our village?

21. Old
Stone
Age
Last
Ice
18,000 BC
New
8,000 BC
Bronze Age
And
Early
Civilization
3,000 BC
Bronze was smaller and sharper
Organized Government
Organized Religion
Division of labor
Class Structure
Writing System
Lead to First Civilizations

22. Bronze
Age
Tools