Unit 1: Neolithic Revolution

Nomads

A person with no settlement and moves from place to place in order to survive

Paleolithic Era

2.6 million years ago, the earliest recording of stone tool use.

Economic effects of the Neolithic Revolution

1. Agriculture 2. Trade and inventions 3. Different occupations

Social change of Neolithic Revolution

1. Establishment of social classes 2. Permanent settlements 3. Population increase

One significant change that occurred between the Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Age

One significant change that occurred was the movement from hunting-gathering to producing food. The Paleolithic Age people always went with their food source while Neolithic Age people invented a way to produce and domesticate food.

Health effects of the Neolithic Revolution

People lost their variety of different foods. Including diet disease was easier to spread due to being in one location.

Stone Age

Period which stone was mainly used to hunt animals

What is the "Out of Africa Theory"

The "Out Africa" theory of populating the world hypothesizes all humans came from a single place which is Africa. The beginning of humans was around 7 million BC

Why did civilization begin

The introduction of agriculture did not require people to move in order to obtain food.

Domesticated Crops of the Neolithic Revolution

Wheat was the most prominent domesticated plant