Crash Course Agricultural Revolution

Fifteen thousand years ago humans were _____________ and _____________.

• hunters, gatherers

• hunters, nomads

• nomads, gatherers

• gatherers, warriors

Thanks to (a)   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 (a)   than people from later societies.

Prehistoric people spent (a)   hours working than people of today.

(a)   is an alternative to foraging and agriculture.

(a)   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 (a)   .