That Was So Last Year
What type of source is a newspaper?
Secondary Source
How did we (humans) get our food for a majority of our existence?
Hunting and Gathering
What was the first animal that we domesticated?
Dogs
Probably not
Did hunter gatherers have religion?
Yes, probably spiritualism
What is the period after Jesus's birth referred to on our timeline?
AD or CE
What continent are all human's ancestral home?
Africa
East - West
How did anthropomorphizing spirits (to make them people) benefit god-kings?
gods can pick sides (usually the ones that the priests like), spirits cannot.
Where did we probably domesticate plants first?
In the poopoo-dump
Name the 3 narration sources:
Primary, secondary and tertiary
Did Hunter gatherers own land?
No...
What, in general, did domestication do to animals?
Make them fatter, nicer and dumber.
Water and lots of domesticated plants and animals.
What are systems of land management?
Who gets to own land and who doesn't
What event happened on year 0 of our Anno Domini timeline?
Jesus was born
What happened to many species of megafauna when Humans entered their environments?
We caused their extinction
What are 3 traits that we may have looked for in domesticating plants?
Predictable ripening, larger fruit, smaller seeds, more sugar, brighter colors, more fiber, etc.
What is a theocracy?
Where religion controls the government
What does making a king into a god-king do?
give them more power and credibility to rule
What are the four historical thinking skills?
Narration, Interpretation, Explanation and Judgement
Did we get most of our food from hunting or from gathering (or 50/50)
Gathering
Define domestication:
Why does farming lead to divisions of labor?
Farmers make food surpluses; food surpluses allow for jobs that don't need to produce food.
Name one species of megafauna that we caused to go extinct:
Ehhhh.... close enough.