World History, Grades 9-12

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Agriculture by 3,000 B.C.

Agriculture by 2,000 B.C.

Agriculture by 500 B.C.

Major crops

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Rice

Soybeans

Grapes

Olives

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Cotton

Corn

Bananas

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Potato

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Agriculture Emerges, 5000–500 B.C.

▲ A Neolithic grindstone and vessel

used to grind grain

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SKILLBUILDER: Interpreting Maps and Charts

1.MapWhat geographic feature favored the development of agricultural areas before 5000 B.C.?

2.ChartWhat effect did the agricultural revolution have on population growth? Why?

Agricultural Revolution

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Average Global Temperature

(in Fahrenheit)

Years Ago (in thousands)

beginnings of

agriculture

last ice age

Source: Ice Ages, Solving the Mystery

Temperature

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Years Ago (in thousands)

Hunting-

gathering

stage

Agricultural

Revolution

World Population

(in millions)

Post-

Agricultural

Revolution

Source: A Geography of Population: World Patterns

Population