Neolithic Revolution

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/neolithic-revolution

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the approximate global commencement?Around 10,000 BCE, with regional variations
2. What is the key centers of early agriculture?Fertile Crescent, East Asia, Mesoamerica, Andes, parts of Africa
3. Why did people start farming during the Neolithic Revolution?Farming gave them more reliable food, letting them live in one place and grow more food.
4. How did the Neolithic Revolution change where people lived?People built permanent homes and villages, which grew into towns and cities.

Neolithic Revolution: The fundamental transition from mobile hunter-gatherer lifestyles to settled agricultural societies, initiating major societal changes.
Agriculture: The cultivation of land and raising of crops and livestock for human consumption and use.
Domestication: The process by which wild species are adapted over generations for human benefit, becoming genetically distinct from their wild ancestors.
Sedentism: The practice of living in one place for a long period, typically associated with the development of permanent settlements.