In class today we examined the development of agriculture and compared hunter-gatherers to early Neolithic farmers. As humans domesticated plants and animals, the plants and animals themselves change over time. Wild sheep and mountain goats get fatter, slower, dumber, and lose their balance. Plants get bigger and more nutritious as farmers choose which seeds to keep and which to throw away.
On the note-taking sheet you received in class, there are a series of charts to fill in to help compare the Paleolithic hunter-gatherers to the Neolithic farmers.
Hunter-Gatherers
How did hunter-gatherers influence their environment?
How did hunter-gatherers deal with plants?
How did hunter-gatherers deal with animals?
Neolithic Farmers
How Neolithic farmers influence their environment?
How did Neolithic farmers deal with plants?
How did Neolithic farmers deal with animals?
Comparing Hunter-Gatherers to Neolithic Farmers:
What were the strengths or weaknesses of farming and hunting-gathering in the areas of life listed?
Feeding People
Farming Hunting-Gathering
Can raise more food Must follow the food supply
Can feed more people Able to store small amounts of food
Creates a surplus
People live in one place (community) No permanent housing
Permanent/comfortable dwellings Live seasonally in caves, huts
Beginning of civilization
Developing Culture
Farming Hunting-Gathering
More people live in a smaller area Energy spent moving from place to place
Surplus allows for trading Carry everything with them
People can have different jobs
Development of villages
Learning to Farm
From Paleolithic to Neolithic…
7,000 - 10,000 years ago
Hunter-Gatherers
How did hunter-gatherers influence their environment?
How did hunter-gatherers deal with plants?
- Harvested wild grain
- Gathered berries, nuts and roots
- TRIED to save food for times when there was none
How did hunter-gatherers deal with animals?
- Followed herds
- Hunted wild animals
- Protected herds by driving off predators
Neolithic Farmers
How Neolithic farmers influence their environment?
How did Neolithic farmers deal with plants?
- Domesticated plants
- Selected and sowed (planted) seeds
- Changed environment by planting crops (choosing what plants grow)
How did Neolithic farmers deal with animals?
- Captured and domesticated wild animals
- Physical changes in animals
- Forced wild animals off their land
- Used land for grazing
Comparing Hunter-Gatherers to Neolithic Farmers:
What were the strengths or weaknesses of farming and hunting-gathering in the areas of life listed?
Feeding People
Farming Hunting-Gathering
Can raise more food Must follow the food supply
Can feed more people Able to store small amounts of food
Creates a surplus
Housing People
Farming Hunting-GatheringPeople live in one place (community) No permanent housing
Permanent/comfortable dwellings Live seasonally in caves, huts
Beginning of civilization
Developing Culture
Farming Hunting-Gathering
More people live in a smaller area Energy spent moving from place to place
Surplus allows for trading Carry everything with them
People can have different jobs
Development of villages
How is this supposed to help us with our blue book questions?
ReplyDeleteIt's not. You're supposed to scroll down to the proper entry. It's liked from the Cluster 2 HW website!
ReplyDeleteare you supposed to type the blue book Qu's ?
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to type them, but you can. They can be found in the Blog entry titled "Our Earliest Human Ancestors."
ReplyDeleteso this is part of the study guide right?
ReplyDeleteYes.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the test format?
ReplyDeleteThe test consists of 24 multiple choice questions, and 12 fill-in questions concerning the little square pictures you glued onto your word cards.
ReplyDeleteIs most of the test going to be about the word cards?
ReplyDeleteYes, and the differences between hunter-gatherers and farmers.
ReplyDeleteare fill in questions like fill in the blank
ReplyDeleteLOL yes, fill-in means fill in the blank.
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