Beginning of Civilization

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Please quietly enter the room, find your seats and
discuss your three sticky notes with your row
group.


Central Question:
How is the location people choose for faming
different from the location for hunting and
gathering? (3.5e)
Seat Work
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Introduction
This chapter will introduce you to the Beginning
of Civilization. You will learn about early
agriculture and how it made permanent
settlements possible.

Section 1: Early Agriculture
Section 2: Cities and Civilizations
Chapter Introduction
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Early Agriculture
Human life changed dramatically when people
learned to domesticate plants and animals.

Farming enabled people to settle in one place
and develop specialized skills.


Key Ideas
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Early Agriculture
revolutiona complete change in ways of
thinking, working, or living

domesticateto change plants and animals
to be useful for humans

surplusmore of something than one needs
for ones own use

specializationwhen people work mostly at
a single job or craft
Key Terms
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Early Agriculture
About 10,000 years ago, humans learned to farm.

Over time most hunter-gatherers stopped
wandering in search of food. They settled in one
place.

The change from hunting to farming is called the
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution.

How was the Neolithic Era different
from the Paleolithic Era?
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Why do you think learning to farm was such
an important change for early human society?

Early Agriculture
The Birth of Farming
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Early Agriculture
How did farming spread?
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Early Agriculture
Costs and Benefits of Farming
Costs
Time and energy for
planting and herding

Uncertainty due to
weather or disease

Danger of attack or theft
Food surplus

Smaller land needs

Chance to build
permanent homes

New materials for clothing
Benefits
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In Table Groups discus:

Explain how social structures changed as
people began to settle in permanent homes.

Early Agriculture
New Ways of Living
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Rotations
Rotation 1 Rotation 2
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