World History Section 1.2

Neolithic Revolution

The agricultural revolution

What were the first crops grown in the Americas?

corn, beans, and squash

In what ways did Neolithic peoples dramatically improve their lives?

the shift from food gathering to food producing, farming, slash and burn farming, and domestication of animals.

What factors played a role in the origins of agriculture?

Climate, rich supply of grain.

Why do you think the development of agriculture occurred around the same time in several places?

Climate, rising temperatures worldwide provided longer growing seasons and drier land for cultivating wild grasses.

Slash And Burn Farming

Cutting down trees or grasses and burning them to clear a field

Nomad

Highly mobile people who moved from place to place searching for food

Hunter-Gatherer

Nomadic people whose food supply depends on hunting animals and gathering plants

Domestication

The taming of animals

What types of problems did Stone Age peoples face?

They didn't have enough food until they made tools(spears) population was dying.

How did Cro-Magnons new tools make survival easier?

They made a spear to throw so that the prey wouldn't get to you first.

Which effect of development of agriculture was the most significant?

They used tools to find food and kill it with spear and a chisel-like cutter to make other tools