Neolithic Revolution Ch-Ch-Change

Before Neolithic Revolution People were hunter-gatherers… Nomadic… Lived in small groups, usually family units… Used simple tools made of stone, wood & bone… Owned few possessions…

THEN… Over the course of time (no specific date but between 10,000 – 3,000 BCE)… In specific regions… In different parts of the world… A CHANGE began to take place as people…

After Neolithic Revolution Farming began… Permanent homes were built (usually near H2O source)… Food supplies became more reliable & increased… Domestication of animals & plants… More possessions… Early villages emerged...

B’c the most important aspect of the Neolithic Revolution was farming, this turning point in human history is aka the Agricultural Revolution.

Map Activity On a blank world map, locate, label & shade the following: Nile River… Tigris & Euphrates Rivers… Indus River… Huang He River… Mesoamerican Region… Andean Region…

Domestication of Animals

Activity Write a paragraph describing the importance of the Neolithic Revolution. Be sure to include many, if not all, of the facts mentioned in the previous slides…