Hunter-Gatherers
What is a hunter gatherer?
People who hunt wild animals and gather wild plants to eat.
What is a Nomad?
People who moved from place to place.
What is domestication?
Taming plants and animals to make them useful for humans.
What is agriculture?
The practice of growing plants and rearing animals for food.
What is a primary source?
Writing or records created by someone who witnessed or lived through a historical event.
On average, how people were in a group of hunter gatherers?
Around 30 people
Why were people forced to move from one place to another?
Because the animal herds moved with the season.
What were some of the first plants and animals domesticated by humans? (name 2 plants and 2 animals)
-Wheat
-Barley
-Cereal
-Dogs
-Sheep
-Goats
-Pigs
-Cattle
How is fertile soil beneficial to humans?
Fertile soile encourages the growth of crops and plants. This ultimately leads to more food which allows for an increase in population.
What is a secondary source?
Writings, recordings, or objects created after an event by someone who did not see it or live during the time when it occurred.
What is the Paleolithic Age?
A time in which humans lived as hunter gatherers.
They traveled light because they had to carry all their possession with them.
How did the change in climate impact hunter gatherers and the way they lived?
The warmer conditions proved to be perfect for the growth of grasses. In time, people learned to raise other plants and animals, making them useful to humans.
What region includes the fertile, flat floodplains along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Fertile Crescent
Why do we study history?
People interpret the same evidence in different ways. It's important to evaluate multiple sources.
How did groups of hunter gatherers work together?
Men hunted, often herding large animals. Women and children gathered fruits and nuts.
What offered the best protection from the worst winter weather?
Caves
What major change in the environment led to domestication?
Earth grew warmer, and the ice sheets melted.
Why is the development of farming called the agricultural revolution?
It was a great change that took place all over the world and transformed forever the way people lived.
What is oral history?
A recorded interview with a person whose experiences and momories have historial significance.