1. Early History / Agriculture Revolution
Unit I Introduction
Early History / Agriculture Revolution

2. What were the first technological inventions?

3. Answer Generally supported the fulfillment of basic needs
Stones then metals were used to make tools and weapons for:
Efficient food gathering
Storage of food

4. What common characteristics do prehistoric people share?

5. Answer
Prehistory vs History – distinction made on whether or not people left written records or the start of agriculture
Social Structure – traveled in small bands; authority based on family relationships; labor divided
Beliefs = belief is spirits (not polytheism – belief in many GODS)

6. Question
The ability for people to switch from hunter-gathers to settled communities was based on what two things?

7. Answer Cultivation of crops – settled along rivers
Domestication of animals

8. Question
What key changes occurred as a result of the Neolithic Revolution?

9. Answer
Increase in reliable food supplies – learned agriculture skills to control food; domesticated animals
Increase in population – surplus; more people to tend to land and animals
Job specialization – not everyone was needed to farm
Widening Gender roles – patriarchal systems developed (men hold power in family, economy, government)
Settled vs Nomads – not all people settled

10. Question
The Neolithic Era was based on what 3 craft industries?

11. Answer Pottery- pots were needed for cooking and storage
Metallurgy – first metal was copper no heating required
Textile – new clothes, women spun at home