HST560A: AP World History | Unit 1 | Lesson 4: The Neolithic Revoltion

Student Guide
The Neolithic Revolution
Tho!h it n"olded very slo#ly$ the %!ricltr%l &ove&ent th%t distin!ished the Neolithic 'r% revoltioni(ed
h&%n li"e) *n &ovin! "ro& hntin! %nd !%therin! to %!ricltre %nd +%stor%lis&$ +eo+le ,ec%&e sel"-reli%nt
+rodcers o" resorces$ intelli!ent technolo!ic%l innov%tors$ %nd trly soci%l ,ein!s) They con!re!%ted in cities$
#here co&&erce "lorished %nd ide%s "lo#ed "reely) With #e%lth c%&e the "ond%tions th%t led to the rise o"
civili(%tion.%nd$ less desir%,ly$ the evoltion o" soci%l distinctions)
Lesson Objectives
*denti"y re%sons "or the tr%nsition "ro& hnter-!%therer to %!ricltr%l societies)
/escri,e %!ricltr%l innov%tions %nd ne# tools o" the Neolithic revoltion)
0o&+%re the de&o!r%+hic$ econo&ic$ soci%l$ %nd cltr%l ch%r%cteristics o" %!ricltr%l$ +%stor%l$ %nd
"or%!in! societies in North A"ric%$ the A&eric%s$ 'ro+e$ %nd the 1ertile 0rescent)
/escri,e the i&+%ct o" the A!ricltr%l Revoltion on the environ&ent)
An%ly(e the i&+%ct o" sr+ls "ood on %!ricltr%l societies)
/escri,e the soci%l hier%rchy o" +%stor%l %nd %!r%ri%n societies)
Checklist
0o&+lete the Think About It %ctivity %nd #rite yor res+onse in the Stdent 2ide)
Re%d the Neolithic Revoltion: Reading Assignment) T%3e notes %nd %ns#er the 4estions in the
Stdent 2ide)
0o&+lete the Map Practice %ctivity)
Stren!then yor nderst%ndin! o" the lesson s,5ect ,y co&+letin! the Extensions) T%3e notes or #rite
yor res+onses in the Stdent 2ide)
T%3e the Quiz "or this lesson)
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Think About It
'%rly ho&inids "irst ,e"riended do!s "or co&+%nionshi+$ +rotection$ %nd hel+ in hntin!) At so&e l%ter d%te$ they
3e+t s&%ll herds o" !o%ts) :t not ntil the s+re%d o" %!ricltre in the Neolithic er% did h&%n ,ein!s ,e!in their
lon! %ssoci%tion #ith shee+$ c%ttle$ o;en$ +i!s$ horses$ %nd other %ni&%ls th%t #e consider +ri&%rily do&estic
tod%y) *n #h%t #%ys did the do&estic%tion o" these %ni&%ls tr%ns"or& Neolithic societies<
Write yor res+onse ,elo#)
Reading uide
Re%d the Neolithic Revoltion: Re%din! Assi!n&ent %nd t%3e notes) Revie# the 8ey#ords$ descri,e the
*denti"ic%tions$ %nd %ns#er the 'ssenti%l =estions)
Keywords
!e"#ord $e%inition&Notes
city % settle&ent l%r!e eno!h to %llo# s+eci%li(%tion o" l%,or$ co&&erce$ %nd "or&s
o" intellect%l$ cltr%l$ %nd reli!ios e;ch%n!e
do&estic%tion o" %ni&%ls the +r%ctice o" h%,it%tin! #ild %ni&%ls %nd +l%nts to h&%n do&in%tion %nd
cltiv%tion
"%llo# %llo#in! % cltiv%ted "ield to revert te&+or%rily to its n%tr%l ve!et%tion to incre%se
its "ertility
&%tri%rchy % society led %nd !overned ,y #o&en
&et%llr!y the techni4e o" e;tr%ctin! &et%ls "ro& ore %nd +ri"yin! the&
&et%l#or3in! the cr%"t o" sh%+in! &et%l into tools %nd i&+le&ents
&i!r%tory "%r&in! the techni4e o" cltiv%tin! l%nd continosly ntil the soil is de+leted %nd then
&ovin! to % ne# %re% to cltiv%te "resh l%nd
ncle%r "%&ily "%&ili%l !ro+ consistin! o" % "%ther$ % &other$ %nd their children
+%stor%lis& the +r%ctice o" herdin! shee+$ !o%ts$ or other c%ttle "or "ood %nd other +rodcts
+lo# % tool sed in "%r&in! to trn the soil in +re+%r%tion "or +l%ntin! seed
sl%sh-%nd-,rn "%r&in! the techni4e o" cle%rin! %nd "ertili(in! l%nd "or cltiv%tion ,y sl%shin! the ,%r3 o"
trees to 3ill the& %nd then ,rnin! the de%d #ood %nd n%tive "oli%!e
te;tile "%,ric &%de o" +l%nt or %ni&%l "i,ers s+n to "or& y%rn %nd #oven or 3nitted into
cloth
#e%lth %nd soci%l distinction the deter&in%tion o" %n individ%l9s st%ndin! ,%sed on his or her &%teri%l #orth
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Identifications
/escri,e the *denti"ic%tions) Use n%&es$ events$ d%tes$ %nd #or3s o" %rt or liter%tre to hel+ descri,e the
identi"ic%tion)
Identi%ications $escription&Notes
Pleistocene er%
>esolithic er%
Neolithic Revoltion
P%leolithic er%
herdin! societies
s+eci%li(%tion o" l%,or
?ericho
@%t%l HAyA3
:ron(e A!e
&%triline%l societies
+%triline%l societies
Essential Questions
Ans#er the "ollo#in! 4estions "ro& yor re%din!:
1) Wh%t %dv%nt%!es did hnter-!%therers !%in ,y &%3in! the tr%nsition to %n %!ricltr%l or +%stor%l econo&y<
7) Wh%t 3inds o" tools ch%r%cteri(ed the Neolithic 'r%<
B) Why did %!ricltr%l societies develo+ into civili(%tions #hile +%stor%l %nd hnter-!%therer societies did not<
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4) Ho# did environ&ent%l di""erences in"lence the econo&ic choices o" Neolithic societies in the Cld %nd Ne#
Worlds<
5) Wh%t e""ects did %!ricltre %nd +%stor%lis& h%ve on the n%tr%l environ&ent<
6) Ho# did %,nd%nce le%d to the rise o" Neolithic cities<
D) Wh%t sort o" soci%l strctre ,e!%n to develo+ #ithin Neolithic %!ricltr%l societies<
Map Practice
Retrn to the online +ortion o" the lesson %nd co&+lete the &%+ %ctivity)
Ans#er the %ollo#ing'
Wh%t !eo!r%+hic%l si&il%rities e;ist %&on! these sites< Wh%t +hysic%l "e%tres ne%r e%ch site &i!ht h%ve
encor%!ed Neolithic !ro+s to ,e!in cltiv%tin! cro+s there<
Extensions
1) Rese%rch %rch%eolo!ic%l stdies %,ot the Neolithic cor+se d,,ed Et(i$ the ice&%n) Wh%t h%ve scientists
dedced %,ot Et(i "ro& his clothin!< Which o" his +ossessions indic%tes th%t he lived in l%te Neolithic ti&es<
Summary
As yo revie# these lesson s&&%ry +oints$ consider ho# they rel%te to yor %ns#ers to the 'ssenti%l =estions
in yor Stdent 2ide) Rec%ll s+eci"ic e;%&+les %nd s++ortin! det%ils)
/e to sc%rce !%&e %nd +o+l%tion !ro#th$ so&e Neolithic societies %do+ted %!ricltre)
A!ricltre led to ne# tools$ "ood sr+lses$ s+eci%li(%tion$ %nd technolo!ic%l %dv%nces)
2r%d%lly$ %!ricltre s+re%d to &%ny societies #orld#ide)
So&e societies +re"erred +%stor%lis& or hntin! %nd !%therin!)
A!ricltre %nd +%stor%lis& %ltered the environ&ent)
0ities e&er!ed$ #here le%rnin!$ cltre$ %nd reli!ion "lorished)
8inshi+ ties nited co&&nities$ ,t #e%lth led to soci%l cl%ss distinctions)
Model Ans#er
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HST560A: AP World History | Unit 1 | Lesson 4: The Neolithic Revoltion
All si; o" the centers #here l%r!e-sc%le %!ricltre ,e!%n drin! the Neolithic er% lie in #%r& te&+er%te re!ions o"
the e%rth$ ,et#een the Tro+ics o" 0%ncer %nd 0%+ricorn) All o" the& h%d %ccess to #%ter "or e%sy tr%ns+ort%tion o"
e;cess +rodce) The "or %!ricltr%l centers in Asi% %nd A"ric% develo+ed %rond rivers$ #here "%r&ers cold
se n%tr%l "loodin! or irri!%tion syste&s to #%ter their cro+s) Ann%l "loodin! o" the rivers %lso hel+ed re+lenish
the soil) The t#o centers in the A&eric%s received eno!h r%in"%ll th%t cro+s cold !ro# #ithot re!l%r irri!%tion)
The rivers %nd oce%ns %lso s++lied % re%dy stoc3 o" "ish to s++le&ent the %!ricltr%l diet) These cli&%tic %nd
!eo!r%+hic "%ctors li3ely encor%!ed Neolithic !ro+s to choose these si; loc%tions "or cro+ cltiv%tion)
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