*History 8 Neolithic Revolution Concepts

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1. Describe the physical and social changes brought about by the end of the Younger Dryas.

2. Describe the role of women in horticultural socities.

3. Where and why did the switch from hunting/gathering to plant cultivation and animal husbandry occur. What social change happened?

4. What was the role of irrigation in the ubran revoltuion?

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5. Urban life had some challenges:

   a. Disease - Disease was a very large problem in Urban life. Humans, animals, and several different types of waste products were 

collecting in most of the residences. Unlike hunter-gatherers that often moved when filthy situations occurred, sedentary farmers could not. The large numbers of people and animals and close living quarters aided disease by spreading contagious illnesses. Even though medicine is around today, millions of people battle the same diseases that our ancestors did so many years ago. These illnesses include smallpox, tuberculosis, measles, influenza, and malaria.

   b. property

   c. security

   d. economics

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6. Name and explain the distinguishing characteristics of culture. What is culture's essential feature? Culture is a pattern for how people in certain social groups behave and think. Culture is what make people from one group different than people from another It is also what separates humans and animals. Culture includes beliefs, behavioral standards, language, religion, art, government systems, technology, clothing, and culinary style.

7. What is the purpose of language and art in a culture?

8. What are systems of meaning?

9. Why is culture learned?

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10. What important principles follow from the definition of culture given in the manual?

11. What is the first purpose of a myth?

12. Why is mythology a universal need?

13. What is the second purpose of a myth?

14. What role does mythology play in morality of a culture?

15. What is religion and its characteristics, elements and functions in a society?

16. What were some of the problems of complex societies?

**Source Reading One: Pages 40-42

17. Summarize Impact of containers 18. Summarize Impact of domestication of animals

19. Summarize Impact of methods of water management

20. Summarize Impact of growth, populations and food production.

**Source Reading Two Pages 43-44

21. Fertile Crescent

22. Summarize Impact of record keeping

23. Summarize Impact of water in Mesopotamia and Babylon

24. Summarize Impact of water in Egypt

**25. Summarize Impact of water in Indus River Valley