Neolithic revolution second lesson

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What do you remember from last week: the hunters and the gatherers?

Week 39

Homework: 3 characteristics of a neolithic farmer

lesson goal: review minor test, explanation of neolithic revolution

What is agriculture

Agriculture is an other word for farming and keeping livestock

Neolethic Revolution

The discovery of agriculture: Most important invention/uitvinding?

From a nomadic- to a sedentary (leven op een vaste plaats) lifestyle

Farming replaces hunting and gathering

People domesticate (temmen) animals and keep them as livestock (vee)

This happened on different places in the world at different times

The first agricultural societies: Mesopotamië and Egypt

Why were nomadic groups smaller than sedentary groups?

Why did people start to trade?

1. Because they wanted to make money
2. Because they had too much food
3. Farming gave them more free time
4. Because they got tired of hunting

Farming started at the same time all around the world

True

False

Why did farming start in the fertile crescent?

1. The weather was good for farming
2. The animals were easy to domesticate
3. The ground was very fertile
4. All of the above

Nomadic?

Sedentary?

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1.4 B lesson 2

Agriculture around the world

Answer all the questions