World Cultures

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Nomad

  1. Highly Mobile people who moved from place to place foraging or searching for new sources of food


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Hunter-gatherer

  1. Nomadic groups whose food supply depends on hunting animals and collecting plant foods


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Neolithic Revolution:

  1. the far- reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginnings of farming


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Slash and burn farming:

  1.  they cut trees or grasses and burned them to clear a field


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Domestication

  1.  the taming of animals


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How did early modern humans quickly distinguish themselves from their ancestors? What made this possible?

Global warming happened, which caused farming to take off and agriculture started improving faster.

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  1. Why are the artistic expressions of the Paleolithic Age so important?


Because it helped people survive, and people made lots of new art creations

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  1. What advantages might farming and herding have over hunter-gathering?


Because you can pick what and how much you get, while hunting, there is risk of injury, and not even a guarantee of getting food.

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  1. In what ways did Neolithic people dramatically improve their lives?


They make inventions to stay in one spot and not need to move to find a new food source

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  1. Why do you think Robert Braidwood believes that we can learn from early peoples?


To look at how people got past their struggles to help us move past modern issues.

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  1. Where did agriculture develop around the world? Describe the locations and crops they grew.


The grow best by water sources and not in dry areas

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  1. Why do YOU think the development of agriculture occurred around the same time in several different places around the world?


Countries get inspired from other countries so they don't fall behind in evolution

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  1. What have the discoveries at Catal Huyuk shown us about life in early cities? 


  1. Pros (positives):

  2. It brought many crops and food

  3. Allowed them to domesticate animals

  4. Allows more workers like potters and weavers to get jobs



  1. Cons (negatives):

  2. Natural disasters destroyed homes  and villages

  3. Diseases spread easier

  4. People may fight.