The Search for Food

​The Search for Food

Food for Thought 1

​In the past, how did people find food, and what were the problems they had with getting enough food?

​Food for Thought 2

What important things happened that made people start hunting animals and then growing food? How did these changes affect the kinds of food they could eat?

Quizlet

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Match

Match the following:

• 1. supermarkets

• 1. scarce

• 1. gatherers

• 1. especially

• 1. varieties

a big store where you can buy many different kinds of things, including food.

not enough of something

people who collect things

mostly or particularly

different types or kinds

• a big store where you can buy many different kinds of things, including food.

• not enough of something

• people who collect things

• mostly or particularly

• different types or kinds

Match

Match the following:

• 2. certainty

• 1. insects

• 1. environment

• 1. exploring

• 1. continents

being sure or confident about something

small creatures like ants or mosquitoes.

the surroundings or the place where something lives

going to new places to discover them

the large land areas on Earth, like Asia or Africa

• being sure or confident about something

• small creatures like ants or mosquitoes.

• the surroundings or the place where something lives

• going to new places to discover them

• the large land areas on Earth, like Asia or Africa

Match

Match the following

• 1. societies

• 1. hundreds

• 1. ancestors

• 1. limitations

• 1. distant

groups of people living together in a community

a big number, more than a hundred

family members who lived a long time ago, like grandparents

restrictions or things that stop you from doing something

far away

• groups of people living together in a community

• a big number, more than a hundred

• family members who lived a long time ago, like grandparents

• restrictions or things that stop you from doing something

• far away

Match

Match the following

• 1. advancements

• 1. access

• 1. modern

• 1. consumption

• 1. interactions

improvements or progress

being able to use or get something

relating to the present time

using or eating something

when people or things affect each other by being together

• improvements or progress

• being able to use or get something

• relating to the present time

• using or eating something

• when people or things affect each other by being together

Open Ended

1.    “this” (par.1) refers to___________________________

Open Ended

2.    According to par.1, what is the difference between today and long ago?

a. Today_________________________________________

b. Long ago______________________________________

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3.    List the parts of the plants that people used to eat.

a.    _______________________

b.    _______________________

c.     _______________________

d.    _______________________

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4.    Who are the ‘gatherers’ (par.2)?____________________________

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5.    What did people eat in addition to plants? _____________________________

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6.    “others” (par.2) refers to____________________________________

Open Ended

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7.    “others” (par.2) refers to________________________________

Open Ended

.    When did people start eating larger animals?____________________________

Open Ended

9.    Circle True or False. Justify by quoting from the text.

People killed the animal and ate the meat and threw the rest away.

True / False. Justify________________________________________________

Open Ended

10.    List all the benefits that people got from the animal they killed.

a.    _________________________

b.    _________________________

c.     _________________________

d.    _________________________

Open Ended

11. 11. “another” (par.4) refers to_____________________________

Multiple Choice

12.    Circle the correct answer according to the text.

When people became farmers _______

  

• they stopped wandering.

• they started hunting animals.

• life became much harder.

• life was not very interesting.

Open Ended

13. 1.    Circle True or False. Justify your answer by quoting from the text.

    People got to know new foods when they became explorers.

    True / False. Justify________________________________________________

Open Ended

14.    “these” (par.5) refers to_______________________________

Multiple Choice

15.    Circle the correct answer according to the text.

Nowadays .....

 

• most people eat the same food their ancestors ate.

• most people eat a variety of food.

• we are limited to the foods that we grow.

• we eat better and more nutritious kinds of food.

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6. Because of new techniques in farming, there are many different ​

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of vegetables being grown.

7. I do not like going to that club as there are ​

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young, noisy people who frequent it.

8. Nomads are people who spend their time ​

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from place to place.

9. There needs to be new laws about people having personal ​

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at home.

10. Certain species of animals are becoming ​

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today because of the increase in hunting.

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varieties

mostly

wandering

weapons

scarce

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1. Today, most ​

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do their work using machines and not by hand.

2. It is so hot today.  The ​

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is too tropical for me.

3. He does not drive well.  There is no ​

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that he will pass his driving test.

4. Because the baby did not speak enough words, she ​

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on her mother to understand what she wanted.

5. There are a lot of people today who want to help to protect the ​

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.

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farmers

climate

certainty

depended

environment