Chapter: #01

Name: ___________________________________
Topic: From Hunter-Foragers to
Settled Societies: Early Humans / Class: _________________ Period: ________
Neolithic Revolution / Civilization

Essential Question: What do we know about ancient societies? How do we know what we know?
How does the geography of a place impact human activity? What characteristics must a
civilization possess?
Questions/Main Ideas: Notes:

Migrating Across the

Globe

The Paleolithic Period

Adapting to the
Environment

Control of Fire

Hunter-Forager Society

Roles in Society
Chapter: #01
Name: ___________________________________
Topic: From Hunter-Foragers to
Settled Societies: Early Humans / Class: _________________ Period: ________
Neolithic Revolution / Civilization

Essential Question: Essential Question: What do we know about ancient societies? How do we
know what we know? How does the geography of a place impact human activity? What
characteristics must a civilization possess?
Questions/Main Ideas: Notes:
Religion and Art

Summarize and Answer the Essential Questions

Chapter: #01
Name: ___________________________________
Topic: From Hunter-Foragers to
Settled Societies: Early Humans / Class: _________________ Period: ________
Neolithic Revolution / Civilization

Essential Question: How was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point in history? How did the
birth of civilizations change the world? Was the Neolithic a positive or negative era in human
development (think of the introduction of ownership/social status)?
Questions/Main Ideas: Notes:

Neolithic Revolution

Agriculture

Pastoralism

• Europe

Domestication of Plants • Middle East

and Animals
•Africa

•Asia

• Americas
Chapter: #01
Name: ___________________________________
Topic: From Hunter-Foragers to
Settled Societies: Early Humans / Class: _________________ Period: ________
Neolithic Revolution / Civilization

Essential Question: How was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point in history? How did the
birth of civilizations change the world? Was the Neolithic a positive or negative era in human
development (think of the introduction of ownership/social status)?
Questions/Main Ideas: Notes:

Specialization of Labor

Growth of Villages,
Towns, and Cities

Governments

Religions

• Clay Pots

• Plow

Technological • Wheel
Innovations
• Textiles

• Metallurgy
Chapter: #01
Name: ___________________________________
Topic: From Hunter-Foragers to
Settled Societies: Early Humans / Class: _________________ Period: ________
Neolithic Revolution / Civilization

Essential Question: Essential Question: How was the Neolithic Revolution a turning point in
history? How did the birth of civilizations change the world? Was the Neolithic a positive or
negative era in human development (think of the introduction of ownership/social status)?
Questions/Main Ideas: Notes:
The First Civilizations

Historical Perspectives • Criticism of Farming

• Reducing Violence

• Cost and Benefits

Summarize and Answer the Essential Questions