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Hunter-Gatherer Lifestyle
Historical Trivia
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Before humans became agriculturalists, humans were nomadic hunter-gatherers. What is the definition of a nomad?
Someone who move from place to place in search of resources.
100
This vocabulary word describes extra food produced by farming that could feed more people than a hunting and gathering lifestyle.
What is a surplus?
100
Which lifestyle is more active - Hunting and gathering or practicing agriculture?
Hunting and gathering
100
Were there some hunter-gatherers in the Neolithic Era?
Yes. The agricultural lifestyle spread slowly and unevenly.
100
The Great Pyramids of Egypt were located in what ancient city?
Giza
200
This historical period is called the New Stone Age, or the beginning of farming.
What is the Neolithic Era?
200
This vocabulary word describes the process of bringing animals or plants under human care. Normally, this is done to bring desired traits out of plants / animals to make them useful to humans.
What is domestication?
200
This negative impact of of agriculture happened in settled villages due to the increase of human and animal waste and living in close quarters with others.
What is disease?
200
During the Paleolithic Era, men and women were hunter-gatherers. Describe the roles of men and women at this time.
Men = hunters
Women = gatherers
They were seen as equals
200
Who was the first person to land on the moon and what country were they from?
Neil Armstrong from the US of A!
300
This vocabulary word can describe a society that settles in one permanent place, like an agricultural village.
What is sedentary?
300
Agriculture gave humans a stable and reliable food source. How did this impact world population?
World population sharply increased after advancements in agriculture and sanitation.
300
As societies started to get larger, people started specializing in new jobs and owning different amounts of land / wealth. What social problem increased because of this?
What is social inequality?
300
Which lifestyle provided a better diet for the people that practiced it - Agriculture or hunting and gathering?
Hunting and Gathering
(More diverse diet - varied meats and fruits / vegetables. At the beginning of agriculture people ate only the few crops they grew and ate less meat.)
300
Who was the first emperor of Rome?
Caesar Augustus. Formerly known as Octavius.
400
This vocabulary word can be described by non-food producing jobs, such as a potter or weaver. This became possible due to a food surplus.
What is specialization?
400
Due to the invention of agriculture, humans domesticated animals to help us complete certain jobs and because they also provided us with extra food. Describe at least 2 traits that humans want in most of their domesticated animals.
1. Docile / not dangerous
2. More fat / less muscle (Depends on the purpose)
3. Submissive / not stubborn
4. Answers may vary depending on animal / job
400
How many hours is a typical work day for a farmer?
Typically 8-9 hours
400
Why were hunter-gatherers forced to migrate? (3 answers)
Due to resource availability, climate events, and overcrowding?
400
Who was the first leader of the Mongol Empire?
Genghis Khan
500
What types of wolves were the FIRST to come into human camps and become domesticated?
The less wary / more docile lone wolves were the first to come into human camps. These lone docile wolves became the first domesticated animals!
500
Due to agriculture, humans were able to live sedentary lives inside of cities with other people. What is the first advanced civilization to appear in our world?
Mesopotamia! (The Sumerians)
500
This structure of power and authority became common in agricultural settlements. This ranks humans based on their "importance" in society.
What is a social hierarchy?
500
This now-extinct animal and its relatives had a strained relationship with early hunter-gatherers in Australia. What is this animal's name?
This is the Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger. This marsupial went extinct in 1936 due to over-hunting and habitat loss. Early hunter-gatherers hunted this animal as well.
500
Who was the first president to win a Nobel Peace Prize?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt? (He mediated the end of the Russo-Japanese war in 1905. Japan wanted to take Korea and Manchuria