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From Foraging to Farming: The Neolithic Transition
Explain how the domestication of plants and animals shifted human lifestyles from nomadic hunting and gathering to permanent settlement.
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Origins of Civilization and the Agricultural Revolution
5th Grade · Social-studies · US-UT-SS
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Explain how the transition from foraging to agriculture enabled the development of complex societies with specialized labor, government, and social hierarchy.
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6.1.1Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDiscern characteristics needed for the transformation from simple societies to civilizations, and compare those characteristics in at least three different ancient civilizations found in different regions of the world (for example, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley, China, Inca, Aztec, Persia, Greece, Carthage, Gupta, Rome).
6.1.4Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeIdentify some of the economic systems and technologies (for example, irrigation, writing systems, farming techniques, trading and bartering, coins and currency) created by three civilizations found in different regions of the world, and categorize how they met specific human needs or wants.