Intro to Unit 2 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

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How did agriculture (farming) change the Earth's environment?

Answers may include clearing land to farm, using animals to dig the Earth, irrigation

How did people live before the Neolithic Era?

Nomadic hunter-gatherers

What big event sparked (first caused) the Neolithic Revolution?

The end of Earth's last Ice Age

What is larger: the Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia?

The Fertile Crescent

Why did humans eventually settle down into permanent villages?

They discovered agriculture (farming)

Identify 1 negative change caused by the Neolithic Revolution.

Answers may include war, slavery, government, changed gender roles, private property/borders

What era came before the Neolithic Era?

The Paleolithic Era

What happened to tools and technology after the Neolithic Revolution?

They became more advanced and complex (ex. made from stone to iron)

Based on this map, what is one geographic feature that influenced where humans started to build a civilization?

Rivers

Why was Mesopotamia named “the land between rivers” in Greek?

Mesopotamia arose in a valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

In what region of the world did the world's first civilization begin?

Mesopotamia

What change from the Neolithic Revolution does this stone decoration from Mesopotamia show?

Animal Domestication

What era came after the Neolithic Revolution?

The Neolithic Era

How did food surplus (extra stored food) change humans and their lives?

Answers may include division of labor, population growth, emergence of a government, emergence of a warrior class