Section 2: Humans Try to Control Nature

Catal Huyuk

"forked mound" a fertile plain used for farming during the neolithic age

neolithic revolution

agricultural revolution, end of hunter-gatherer living

Ice Man

body preserved in ice found by German hikers, had advanced tools and was from 5,000 years ago

obsidian

dark fertile rock that looks like glass and was used for tools

hunter-gatherers

nomads whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods

domestication

taming animals

slash and burn

farming by cutting trees and grass, burning them to clear a field

nomads

highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging for food

Jarmo

place where Robert Braidwood found ancient tools, it marked the neolithic revolution

river valleys

place where many farms were during the neolithic revolution because of fertile soil