ARCH 2111: 2.2

the ______ started about 12,000 years ago and is still going on today

holocene

holocene marked the end of the pleistocene when the world was much?

cooler; after the holocene, the weather warmed up, glaciers melted, and new ways of living started to appear

how did the holocene change things?

1) rising sea level changed the shores and land bridges

2) forests started to grow quickly; nuts were main food sources

3) rainforests spread; full of different plants and animals

4) giant rivers; got water from melting glaciers

5) holocene brought a steady, mild climate; made it possible for plants and animals to follow regular patterns and for ecosystems to grow

after holocene happened, what changed in the way people settled?

-started to domesticate land and animals

-first agricultural societies developed

-villages became bigger and more permanent

-places even became centers for temples and religious life

the first Shore cultures began to develop, but the most significant changes happened along?

the rivers

_______ rather than agriculture encouraged people to settle in villages

river

it was _____ that played a key role during the holocene period (10,000 BCE)

a) fish

b) plants

c) grain

a) fish

meso means?

center or between north and south america