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Chapter 5
Review Vocabulary Crossword
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Chapter 5, Lesson 1: Learning to Farm (pp. 120-126)
I. Living in Settled Communities
- A. People eventually stopped wandering in groups and settled down in one place.
- B. The discovery of agriculture led to a surplus of food and a rise in population.
- II. Taming Animals and Sowing Seeds
- A. By carefully selecting and sowing seeds of productive plants, people influenced the plants in their environment.
- B. As people tamed animals, they were able to herd them and use them as a renewable resource.
- III. Farming as a Way of Life
- A. By 7000 B.C., people had developed agriculture, growing plants and raising animals for food.
- B. Agriculture allowed farmers to grow surplus food for trading, and to support more people on small plots of land.
- C. Agriculture allowed people to specialize in different jobs, leading to the beginnings of village life.
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Lesson 1: Learning to Farm
Ain Mallaha
Museum site of Ain Mallaha
Natufian Culture
Neolithic
Neolithic Revolution (Agriculture)
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Chapter 5, Lesson 2: Living in an Early Farming Town (pp. 127-133)
I. A Large Neolithic Town
- A. Çatal HÜyÜk is the largest Neolithic town found in the Middle East so far.
- B. People lived in houses, farmed, and made arts and crafts.
- II. Trade in the Neolithic World
- A. Archaeologists have found evidence that Neolithic villages traded a variety of items, including tools and food.
- B. Trade enabled villages to survive by supplying items they could not provide for themselves.
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Lesson 2: Living in an Early Farming Town
Catal Huyuk
Excavations of Catal Hoyuk
Catal Huyuk - Wikipedia
Umm Dabaghiyah
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Chapter 5, Lesson 3: Starting Cities (pp. 135-141)
I. A City on the Plain
- A. At the city of Ur, people began to dig canals from the riverbeds to irrigate--supply water to--their fields.
- B. Irrigation allowed farmers to control water and the surplus of food.
- A. In cities, people learned to get organized, by leaders, to work together.
- B. As labor began to get more specialized, many different kinds of jobs were created.
- C. Cities developed different social groups, with some people richer and more powerful than others.
- D. People in cities were able to develop long-distance trade.
- III. An Early Civilization
- A. A civilization is complex society with a stable food supply, specialization of labor, a system of government, social levels, and a highly developed culture.
- B. Many early civilizations around the world grew up near river valleys.
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Lesson 3: Starting Cities
City of Ur
Archaeological Site of Ur
Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur
The Royal Standard of Ur
Standard of Ur
Ur (Wikipedia)
Mesopotamia (Wikipedia)
Sumer (Wikipedia)
Mesopotamia (The British Museum)
Mesopotamia
Webquests
Exploring Mesopotamia
Tigris River Valley
Discovering Mesopotamia
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