Food Surpluses
What is a food surplus?
Extra food leftover after people’s needs are met
What does it mean to specialize?
TO become an expert in a skill or job
What does interdependent mean?
People depend on each other for goods and services
What is metallurgy?
The science of working with metals
Where did people build their permanent homes by?
rivers/water
What big change let people produce food surpluses?
farming during the agricultural revolution
Name one of the jobs people specialized in besides farming
builder, smith, weaver, merchant, soldier, priest
Why did people become interdependent?
No one could produce all they needed themselves
Why was metal used more than stone for tools?
It is stronger, can be made sharper and lasts longer
When people settled into permanent homes the things they ate changed. True or False
true
When food surpluses increase, what happens to the population?
it grows
How do specializations help societies?
They produce goods and services faster
How did people get goods they didn’t make themselves?
By trading
The first metal used for tools was ________
copper
When people began farming and settled into permanent homes their clothing changed. True or false
true
Farming settlements turned into ______ and _____.
Villages and Cities
How do good and services become more available?
people specialize in them
Why is interdependence important?
It helps people connect and be successful
What is smelting?
the melting of metals to make into another solid shape again
Prehistoric people did not adapt to their environments. True or false
false
Because of food surpluses, people didn’t have to do this any more.
farm for themselves
Why did special jobs help civilizations develop?
They let people have specific jobs to improve society
What would happen if people stopped trading?
They wouldn’t have everything they needed
How did metal tools help civilizations to grow?
They made farming and building easier
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