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Lesson 2 The Agricultural Revolution

Neolithic Times

Filling in a Graphic Organizer Fill in the boxes with four ways that life changed for humans during the Neolithic Age.

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Changes During the Neolithic Age

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONHow do people adapt to their environment?

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5. Complete this chart about early farming around the world.

Region Time CropsSouthwest Asia c. 8000 B.C. wheat, barleyNile Valley, EgyptCentral AfricaIndiaNorthern ChinaSoutheast AsiaMexico and Central America

Life in the Neolithic Age

Completing a Flow Chart A flow chart can help you see how one event causes the next event, which then leads to another event. Complete this flow chart about life in the Neolithic Age. Some of the boxes have been filled in for you.

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5. People begin to trade.

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7. Craftspeople also begin to trade.

1. The Agricultural Revolution results in steady food supplies.

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9. Describing Write three sentences that describe how a nomadic hunter-gather might react to seeing Çatalhüyük for the first time. What would a hunter-gatherer find surprising?

Civilizations Emerge

Filling in a Chart The first column identifies different aspects of early civilizations. Write two facts about each of these aspects of early civilizations in the second column.

FactsCities and Government 1.

Religions 2.

Social Structure 3.

Writing and Art 4.

5. Comparing Choose one aspect of early civilizations. Write three sentences comparing that aspect of early civilization to modern civilization.

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