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