Forming Complex Societies. Do Now What changes in technology have you seen over the course of...
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Forming Complex Societies
Do Now
•What changes in technology have you seen over the course of humankind that we have studied so far?
Activity• In your groups, work on your assigned
section of the worksheet.
• Group 1: Farming villages (page 57)
• Group 2: Farming Communities Spread (page 58)
• Group 3: Changes in technology (page 59)
• Group 4: Economic and Social Changes (pages 60 and 61)
Essential Question
•Why did early people begin to live together in farming villages?
Farming Villages
1. Why did farming villages develop?
Farming Villages
Answer:Some farmers produced enough
surplusfood to support more people
Farming Villages2. What details about the houses of Çatal
Hüyük suggest that the village was a permanent settlement?
Farming VillagesAnswer: The houses were made of baked clay bricks,
and people decorated their homes with paintings
and carvings of women, bulls, and other images.
The houses were made of baked clay bricks, and people decorated their homes with paintings and carvings of women, bulls, and other images.
Çatal Hüyük
Farming Villages3. Near what resources did highly
successful farming communities develop?
Farming VillagesAnswer:Water and good soil
Farming Communities SpreadGreece
Greece
Animals Raised Plants Grown
• Cattle• Sheep• Pigs
• Wheat• Barley• Other grains
Asia (present day India, Pakistan)
Asia (present day India, Pakistan)
Animals Raised Plants Grown
• Cattle• Water buffalo• Other Animals
• Grains• Other Crops
Mehrgarh
Mehrgarh
Animals Raised Plants Grown
• Not known • Cotton
Farming Communities Spread5. What two advantages did terraces
provide for the Yangshao people?
Farming Communities SpreadAnswer:More flat land for farming and
protectionfrom floods
Changes in Technology
6. How did each change to the plow improve farming?
Changes in TechnologyAnswer:Each change made planting easier andfaster and allowed fewer people to
plant larger crops
Changes in Technology7. How do you think farming led to the
development of new kinds of tools?
Changes in TechnologyAnswer:People learned to use baskets, plows,
andother tools to make farming easier
Farming Tools Used
1. Stick: dig up roots, made holes to plant seeds
2. Hoe: break up and turn over soil for planting, and to dig out rocks and tree roots
3. Stick Plow: cut, lift, turn over soil. Dug rows in soil and then placed seeds or young plants in ground
4. Plow with wooden stone or blade: faster
5. Animal-drawn plow: used cattle, less people needed
6. Irrigation: dug ditches from rivers to fields
Ancient Tools
Stick HoeStick Plow
Ancient Tools
Plow with wooden or stone blade Animal Drawn Plow
Ancient Tools
Irrigation
Economic and Social Changes8. Why were surpluses important to the
economic structure of a farming village?
Economic and Social ChangesAnswer:People bartered surplus goods for
thingsthey wanted or needed.
Economic and Social Changes9. How did trade cause changes in the
social structure of early farming villages?
Economic and Social ChangesAnswer:As trade developed, people neededleadership. People needed someone toturn to in order to resolve conflicts,
such aswho owned land or a resource.
Economic and Social Changes10. What animals were raised in pastoral
societies?
Economic and Social Changes
Answer:Goats, sheep, horses, and cattle
Economic and Social Changes11. What resources did pastoral people get
from their animals?
Economic and Social ChangesAnswer:Milk, hides, and bones for tools
Wrap Up
•List 3 things you learned today on your note card.