Agriculture creates a new way of life

​ Agriculture is the practice of ​ (a)   and ​ (b)  

• planting seeds
• harvesting crops.
• Irrigation
• roaming around
• finding food

Irrigation is the process of ​ (a)   from one place to another in order to ​ (b)  

• transporting water
• grow crops
• hunting and gathering
• find food
• planting seeds
• move around

People began to raise wild edible plants from seeds around ​ (a)   BC

People began to raise squashes, gourds, beans, avocados and chilies around ​ (b)   BC

People began to grow maize, or corn, around ​ (c)   BC

• 7000
• 5000
• 3400
• 70
• 500
• 34
• 700
• 5

Maize is another name for

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Before Agriculture

,

(b) After Agriculture

• people hunted & gathered food

• people stayed in one place

• people lived in smaller groups

• people learned new skills

• time was spent finding food

• more reliable food

• people moved around

• larger communities formed