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A Neolithic Village

Long ago, people stopped wandering and built villages near their fields. They grew wheat, kept animals, made clay pots, and polished stone tools.

In the picture

  1. A wooden house with a thick thatched roof: a village home
  2. Ripe wheat in a field: cereal crops
  3. A goat in a woven fence: a kept animal
  4. A polished stone axe head: a smoothed stone tool

Examples

  • A garden where you grow vegetables and keep the harvest in pots.
  • A farmyard with sheep and goats behind a fence.

Quiz: A Neolithic Village (Age 8)

  1. What important change did Neolithic people make?

    • They settled in villages near their fields.
    • They moved only when the seasons changed.
    • They kept moving from place to place all year.
  2. What crop did Neolithic people grow in their fields?

    • Only wild berries they found.
    • Rice and tea.
    • Cereal crops such as wheat.
  3. Besides growing crops, what did Neolithic people do?

    • They made iron tools and lived in big cities.
    • They hunted wild animals and followed them all year.
    • They raised animals, made pottery, and polished stone tools.

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History, Age 8