The Rubric
In the introduction paragraph, what is one thing you should not say?
This essay will be about
OR I'm going to tell you about
How does agriculture and farming affect the population size of a community?
It caused it to grow.
Who had more possessions, foragers or agriculturalists?
agriculturalists
People were experts in their environment, and noticed every detail of where they lived.
Paleolithic
Things you own
possessions
What must be defined in the introduction paragraph?
The Neolithic and Paleolithic era
Describe two ways farming communities had more health problems.
Malnutrition
Shorter,
disease
What did early agriculturalists construct their houses out of?
mud brick and wood
People never had a surplus. They consumed everything as soon as it was obtained.
Paleolithic
to stay in one place
sedentary
What are the two arguments you have to choose between in the essay? You can only pick one side!
Farming is bad
OR
Farming is good
How did having lots of possessions and wealth impact relationships between people?
It made some rich and other poor, or even enslaved.
What is the main benefit of growing barley, wheat, and other cereals? Why did they get farmed?
They can be stored for later.
Some people began to own land and get very wealthy, even enslaving others to work.
Neolithic
to become an expert in one thing
to specialize or specialist
Name three things that are part of the proofreading grade.
Spelling, capitalization, punctuation, no YOu, no run on sentences.
Which diet probably provided more calories, the diet of a forager or early farmer?
forager
Name 4 different jobs that probably existed in the early Neolithic era.
blacksmith, baker,
basketmaker, weaver
trader, leathermaker,
farmer
People did not damage their environment. They took only what they needed.
Paleolithic Era
to have more than you need. Sometimes you grow more than you can eat, so you trade it with someone else.
surplus
How many vocabulary words must you use for the history SBP grade?
six
What happened to many foragers as people began to farm?
They either joined the farmers, or they got pushed off their lands.
Name four domesticated animals.
cow, chickens, pigs, ducks, sheep, goats
Because some people did not have to produce or find food, they became specialists who innovated new technologies.
Neolithic
Modern day Iraq was once a civilization known as the "land between two rivers" referring to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Mesopotamia