World history 1.2
Mexico and Central American
Corns, beans, and squash
What did China grow
First ones ticketed wild rice
Peru
First to grow tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and white potatoes.
What are hunter gatherers?
Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods.
What important event happened in the 1950s?
Robert Braidwood led an archaeologist dig at Jarmo. He concluded that an agricultural settlement was built there around 9,000 years ago
Early farming methods include the
Slash and burn farming method. They cut trees or grass and burned them to clear a field. The ashes fertilized the soil.
How many people were in each band of humans?
25-70
How did prehistoric hunter gatherers increase their food supply?
By inventing tools such as spears, digging sticks to dig out plants, stones, bone, and wood.
Cause of the agricultural revolution
Change in climate (rising temperatures)
Who domesticated animals?
Farmers, pastoral nomads or wandering herders tended sheep, goats, camels, or other animals
What are nomads
Highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging, or searching for new sources of food.
What is Catal Huyuk
In 1958, archaeologists discovered a village known as the Catal Huyuk (forked mound). Located in South Central Turkey. Had lots of fertile soil, and had culture.
The agricultural era was also called what?
Neolithic Revolution
What did Africa grow near the Nile river
Wheat, barley, and other crops
What did the women and men do?
Women gathered fruits,berries and roots while men hunted
Where is the birthplace of agriculture?
Zaria Mountains in northeastern Iraq