When you have a reliable food source
Society Advances
Characteristics of a Civilization
1. large cities with complex
buildings and structures
(engineering)
2.specialization of labor (e.g.,
farmers, craftsmen, blacksmiths priests,
scribes – not just hunters + gatherers)
3. Organized system of government
with laws, religion and taxes
5. science, technology, inventions
architecture, art and writing
system to keep records
• Neolithic (Agricultural)
Revolution:
• The changes that
occurred when humans
figured out how to farm
crops
• Domesticating animals:
• Taming animals for food,
milk and work
Why didn’t hunters and
gatherers make very many
inventions and discoveries?
What might happen when
people have an excess of
time?
1st Civilizations 5,000 BCE- 1,000 BCE
World Civilizations: Discussion questions
• 1. Why didn’t Hunters and gatherers make a lot of technological
advancements?
• 2. What was the Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution?
• 3. What are 3 changes that come from having a reliable food
source
• 4. What is 'specialization' of labor?
• 5. What kinds of people do you think became the first rulers?
• 6. What did rulers have to do to stay in power?
• 7. What are some things people developed as they lived in these
civilizations?
• 8. What kinds of things did they build?
• 9. What kinds of things do you think people believed about
religion?
• 10. Discuss how you would win a video game called “Civilization”
where all the players start as hunters and gatherers and the one
who wins – is the one whose Civilization advances the most
• 10. Discuss how you
would win a video
game called
“Civilization”
• where all the players
start as hunters and
gatherers and the one
who wins –
• is the one whose
Civilization advances
the most
Jobs in the Group
• I’m going to pick 1
person to be the
group’s
• Regulator
• The regulator’s job is to
make sure everyone
shares their opinion and
the group stays on task
Marking the Text
0. before doing anything READ the
title and look at the pictures!
1. Number the
paragraphs
2. Circle important
words/phrases
4. Underline major points
5. Summarize the
author’s overall major
point
Agricultural Revolution