Download and print this free Neolithic Revolution word search — 15 hidden words that follow the shift from hunting and gathering to farming, from AGRICULTURE and CULTIVATE to the VILLAGE and SETTLEMENT life that grew up around the fields. It’s a free PDF with the answer key included, sized for standard printer paper and handy as a warm-up before a world history lesson, a vocabulary review ahead of a unit test, or a quiet task on a substitute’s plan.
The word list runs easy-to-medium: CROP, TOOLS and FARMING are quick finds, while DOMESTICATE, IRRIGATION and LIVESTOCK take a slower scan. It suits solvers from about 11 up. Ask students which word the first farmers would have needed before any other; PLOW tends to win, and the argument that follows is half the lesson.
Teaching early civilizations? The free science word search collection has more puzzles, and the ancient Egypt word search follows on naturally from the first river-valley farms.
The 15 Words in This Puzzle
The Neolithic Revolution was the long change when people began growing food and keeping animals instead of following the herds. The list tracks that shift, from FARMING, CULTIVATE and HARVEST through to the things settled life added, such as POTTERY for storing grain and IRRIGATION for watering the fields. Here’s the full word bank you’ll be hunting for:
- AGRICULTURE
- ANCIENT
- COMMUNITY
- CROP
- CULTIVATE
- DOMESTICATE
- FARMING
- HARVEST
- IRRIGATION
- LIVESTOCK
- PLOW
- POTTERY
- SETTLEMENT
- TOOLS
- VILLAGE