1. The First Farmers and the Beginnings of Agriculture
The First Farmers and the Beginnings of Agriculture. Write the main ideas page 40 below 1. 2.

2. Hunters and Gatherers

3. What was their success dependent on?1. 2. 3.

4. Domestication
People learned to change plants to make them more useful. They planted only the largest grains or the sweetest fruits.
The process of changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans is called
__________________.

7. The domestication of plants led to the
development of AGRICULTURE
or farming. For the first time people could
produce their own food. This changed
human society forever.
Make a PREDICTION…how will society
change?

8. What did people do to avoid starvation?
__________________ was on of the most important developments in the history of humankind.

9. Why was farming so important?

10. The Fertile Crescent was the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates

11. Farming began in the Middle East
The Euphrates River
The Tigris River
What modern countries are
these two rivers in ?
______________________

12. Define the word Neolithic Draw a sketch to show what people did during this time that was important.

13. In good years farmers in the Fertile Crescent produced more food than they could eat. This was called ____________________.
What did early farmers do with surplus?

14. What happened when people learned to farm?

15. The Domestication of Animals
Learning how to use animals was just as important as learning how to produce food. What is learning how to use animals called?
_______________

16. How did domestication of animals change the way men lived
How did domestication of animals change the way men lived? (page 42 text)

17. Farming Changes Society (text page 42) Create a chart to show these changes

18. The birth of CIVILIZATION in Mesopotamia a part of the Fertile Crescent
Small towns were growing into cities
Temples were built
Writing was invented
People had different jobs
The food supply was more constant
Art work was produced
Government and laws kept them organized

21. Create a cause and effect diagram or pictures to show the birth of civilization.

22. Write the BIG IDEA of what you just learned
Write the BIG IDEA of what you just learned. (page 40 of text will help you)