Chapter 2

Question 1

Why did early hunters and gatherers have to cooperate and work together?

Answer 1

Instead of one job alone they did many jobs together and got more supplies, food, shelter, and clothes

Question 2

Why was it so important to have specialized jobs in larger bands?

Answer 2

So the jobs they do they can be good at and so they can have more food and supplies

Question 3

How did the domestication of plants and animals change the way people lived?

Answer 3

It provided a reliable food source, raising enough food to a groups need, and they lived in one place

Question 4

What were the first two domesticated crops?

Answer 4

Barley and wheat

Question 5

List some advantages of agricultural

Answer 5

Reliable food and slash and burn

Question 6

What does slash and burn mean?

Answer 6

It means to prepare soil for planting

Question 7

Early farming villages developed in southwestern Asia in an area known as what?

Answer 7

Fertile Cresent

Question 8

Early farmers traded extra food for what?

Answer 8

Obsidian

Question 9

What does Oasis mean?

Answer 9

A place in the desert that has a dependable supply of water

Question 10

What does Ziggurat?

Answer 10

A tall stepped tower built by Summerians as a temple to a god

Question 11

What does Agriculture mean?

Answer 11

The raising of domesticated plants and animals

Question 12

Domesticate

Answer 12

To tame plants or animals for human use

Question 13

What does Artifact mean?

Answer 13

A human-made object from long ago

Question 14

What does Pastoral Society mean?

Answer 14

A group of people whose way of life depends on herding

Question 15

What does Subsistence Farming mean?

Answer 15

Raising just enough food to meet a groups need

Question 16

What does Technology mean?

Answer 16

The use of skills and knowledge to make the work of everyday life easier

Question 17

What does Civilization mean?

Answer 17

A society with developmental forms of religion, ways of governing, and centers of learning

Question 18

What do we know about the early people?

Answer 18

Everyone has a job to do and together they got the supplies they needed or wanted also they used technology to make their lives easier

Question 19

What do we know about the cities of cities Jericho and Ur?

Answer 19

They were often located by water for trade, travel, and resources

Jericho provided water for the people

Ur had a temple on top called a Ziggurat

Question 20

Essay

Answer 20

Today we have better technology to use for farming and the animals have better homes to stay in and since we have tractors and combines we have pollution which damages the air. The domestication of plants and animals made it easier.