Beginnings of
Agriculture
(P.40-43, 58-59)
Beginnings of Agriculture
Pg. 40-41 Questions
1. What was the Neolithic Revolution?
2. What were some animals which were
domesticated?
3. What were some plants which were
domesticated?
4. What other types of activities could
people now focus on?
Controlling Water
Pg. 58-59
1. Why did they need to control water
flow?
2. How did they control water flow?
3. What were some effects of food
surplus? (3 effects)
4. How were cities important?
I. Agriculture – Neolithic Revolution
A. People plant seeds themselves
B. domestication: changing plants
and animals to make them more
useful to humans
1. domestication of plants
2. domestication of animals
a. sheep, goats, cattle
b. milk, food, wool, carry loads
II. People focus on other things, not just
food.
A. clothing
B. permanent settlements
C. population growth
D. towns
E. religion – ceremonies & megaliths
III. Controlling Water
A. Farmers control the river’s flow.
B. Used irrigation and canals
1. irrigation: a way of supplying water
to an area of land
2. canals: human-made waterways
IV. Food Surpluses
A. With surplus, fewer people needed to
farm.
B. New occupations developed.
* division of labor: each
worker specializes in a
particular task or job.
V. The Appearance of cities
A. Settlements grew creating
cities (4000 and 3000 B.C.)
B. Power bases-political, religious,
cultural, and economic centers of
civilization.