Agriculture in America

Question 1

What was Traditional Ecological Knowledge? (TEK)

Answer 1

knowledge, practices and beliefs that are passed down through generations
it evolves with new ideas and the changing environment

Question 2

Agriculture

Answer 2

was first developed in Mesopotania, People in Central America used it in 6000 BCE.
arrived in Canada 500 CE around the great lakes

Question 3

what is an agro-ecosystem?

Answer 3

delibrately planting and cultivating land to produce food
cultigens - domesticated plants that are selected

Question 4

How do the 3 sisters work together?

Answer 4

Maize (corn) , Squash & Beans
the maize provides a structure for the beans to climb up and the squash leaves provide shelter for the beans and squash, (from the weeds)

Question 5

How is agriculture easier than hunting?

Answer 5

humans can’t live without it
easy to tend to, local , people can focus on procreating, more time for culture, art, politics, war, trade

Question 6

when was the medieval warm period?
when was the little ice age?

Answer 6

900 - 1200 CE
1350 - 1850’s CE

Question 7

What were the norse people known for?

Answer 7

vikings were known for raiding the coastlines of European settlements
they were also proficient at their navigational and boat skills.
Erik the Red - saw land west of Iceland, established colonies on Greenland
his son Lief Erikson landed on north America.
they had to retreat to Europe because temperatures dropped, killing all their crops. journey back was dangerous

Question 8

what was the Myth of the Ecological Indian?

Answer 8

there was an idea that America was untouched.
Indigenous people hunted and used the land.