Crash Course Agricultural Revolution

Fifteen thousand years ago humans were _____________ and _____________.

• hunters, gatherers

• hunters, nomads

• nomads, gatherers

• gatherers, warriors

Thanks to _____________ and paleo-biology, we can look into the past.

Large populations of people tended to settle permanently near the shoreline. Why?

• Real estate was prettier.

• Fish was a major food source.

• Fish don't tend to eat you.

• I don't know

Fossil evidence suggests that hunter/ gatherers had better bones and ______________ than people from later societies.

Prehistoric people spent __________ hours working than people of today.

_________ is an alternative to foraging and agriculture.

___________ are people that travel around from place to place?

Advantages to herding?

• meat

• milk

• wool

• leather

• frozen food

Disadvantages to herding

• hard to build civilizations

• more food

• less time

• have to keep moving

Herding only caught on in certain parts of the world because there aren't many animals that lend themselves to being _____________ .