HUMANS TRY TO CONTROL NATURE

Chapter 1 - Lesson 2

REVIEW

Terms and Namesnomad

hunter-gatherer

Neolithic Revolution

slash-and-burn farming

domestication

nomad

hunter-gatherer

Neolithic Revolution

slash-and-burn farming

domestication

Terms and Names

definitionsNomadic groups that depend on hunting and collecting plants.

Highly mobile people searching for food.

Cutting plants and burning them to clear a field.

Agricultural revolution.

Taming of animals.

nomad

hunter-gatherer

Neolithic Revolution

slash-and-burn farming

domestication

Terms and Namesdefinitions

Nomadic groups that depend on hunting and collecting plants.

Highly mobile people searching for food.

Cutting plants and burning them to clear a field.

Agricultural revolution.

Taming of animals.

·Which effect of the development of agriculture was the most significant?Better tools and artwork. Most important: increased population, established settlements, domesticated animals.·How did Cro-Magnon's new tools make survival easier?Better spears and fish hooks increased the food supply, cutters could fashion new tools, and needles could sew clothes.

·What factors played a role in the origins of agriculture?Climate change, rich supply of grain, need to support larger population.

·What are the first crops grown in America?Corn, bean, squash, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes.

·What kinds of problems did Stone Age peoples face?Providing enough food, improving methods of hunting and farming, coping with natural disasters and war.

·What factors played a role in the origins of agriculture?Climate change, rich supply of grain, need to support larger population.

·What are the first crops grown in America?Corn, bean, squash, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes.

·What kinds of problems did Stone Age peoples face?Providing enough food, improving methods of hunting and farming, coping with natural disasters and war.

·In what ways did Neolithic peoples dramatically improve their lives?They were able to provide more food, better shelter and clothing, and time for artistic and religious expression.

·Why do you think the development of agriculture occurred around the same time in several different places?·Global warming resulted in longer growing seasons, and rich supply of grain helped support an increase of population.

·In what ways did Neolithic peoples dramatically improve their lives?They were able to provide more food, better shelter and clothing, and time for artistic and religious expression.

·Why do you think the development of agriculture occurred around the same time in several different places?·Global warming resulted in longer growing seasons, and rich supply of grain helped support an increase of population.