First Farmers - The Revolutions of Agriculture

Question 1

How many people live on Earth today?

Answer 1

About 7 billion.

Question 2

What was a very important advancement made by humans that allowed many more new things to happen?

Answer 2

The invention of agriculture.

Question 3

What was different between man-woman relationships back then?

Answer 3

They were actually treated equally, since women were tasked as gatherers and they brought in a lot of food.

Question 4

What changes in the environment did humans cause?

Answer 4

Humans have caused many animal species to go extinct and they have caused some plants to become more resilient as they tried to defend themselves from gatherers.

Question 5

What large settlement transition happened at this time?

Answer 5

Living in permanent settlements started to become very common.

Question 6

Why is the development of permanent settlements important?

Answer 6

It allowed people to produce more and to store more.

Question 7

What was another thing that people did to get closer to spirits?

Answer 7

People started to build ceremonial buildings and areas.

Question 8

What is the Neolithic Era?

Answer 8

Also called the “New Stone Age,” it started when farms became very widely-used around the world and permanent settlements became very common.

Question 9

Why is Agriculture so important?

Answer 9

It encouraged people to live in permanent homes, and it led to the growth of population and many other things such as the building of empires and civilizations.

Question 10

What is Intensification (productivity)?

Answer 10

The getting of more while using less effort and space, mainly with food.

Question 11

What was interesting about the emergence of Agriculture?

Answer 11

It was very sudden and happened at around the same time all around the world. It also happened after the end of the last Ice Age, where the world was very moist and good for agriculture.

Question 12

What advancements came with Agriculture?

Answer 12

Mainly the development of sickles, baskets, traps, mortars, and storage areas.

Question 13

What were some of the things domesticated first?

Answer 13

Barley, rice, wheat, and corn.

Question 14

How was agriculture different across the world?

Answer 14

The main difference was what was grown; different things grow better in different parts of the world and some things were unobtainable in some places. Because of this, diet was vastly different around the world.

Question 15

What is Diffusion (agriculture)?

Answer 15

The gradual spread of agricultural techniques.

Question 16

What was another result of the Globalization of Agriculture?

Answer 16

A lot of wild land became claimed for farming, so the remaining hunting-and-gathering groups dissipated.

Question 17

What important agricultural event happened between 6500 and 4000 B.C.E.?

Answer 17

Many agricultural techniques and plants along with several languages spread to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East from Africa.

Question 18

Who are the Bantu?

Answer 18

A large tribe of people from Nigeria and Cameroon that spread many agricultural and iron-working techniques along with their language.

Question 19

Was Agriculture globalized by the start of the Common Era?

Answer 19

Yes, but a small amount of people resisted it and there are still some tribes today that do.

Question 20

What were some big downsides of living around a farm?

Answer 20

Farm work was extremely tiring, and people worked much closer to disease and dirt. Living in one spot and relying on farming made people vulnerable to natural disasters.

Question 21

What other inventions followed Agriculture?

Answer 21

The development of wool beds, wine, beer, cheese, and many other things.

Question 22

What is Geographic Determinism?

Answer 22

An idea which states that societies move and change mainly because of geographical change. This idea isn’t followed as much anymore.

Question 23

What is the Bronze Age?

Answer 23

The period of time after the Neolithic Era, many technological advancements were made during this time; mainly the use of metal.

Question 24

What is Polytheism?

Answer 24

A type of religion where multiple gods are worshiped.

Question 25

What are Pastoral Societies?

Answer 25

A type of society that mainly started in areas where farming was difficult, these societies rely on animals raised in farms for food.

Question 26

Where were there not Pastoral Societies?

Answer 26

In America and Antarctica, both had no large animals to domesticate.

Question 27

What was a good thing socially with Pastoral Societies?

Answer 27

Men and women could do the same work.

Question 28

What were some good things about living in Agricultural Villages?

Answer 28

Men and women were treaty pretty equally and these villages didn’t need rulers so there were almost never political disputes.

Question 29

What is a Chiefdom?

Answer 29

A society in which a leader (chief) rules over others.

Question 30

What is different about Chiefdoms compared to the other types of settlements of this time?

Answer 30

Chiefdoms had defied leaders and greatly focused on religion.

Question 31

How was a Chiefdom leader appointed?

Answer 31

They had to be liked by a lot of people or they had to come in a family of Chiefs.

Question 32

Who are the Chumash?

Answer 32

A group that lived in Southern California. (They famously invented Tomol boats.)

Question 33

Who are the Clovis?

Answer 33

Another group of people that lived in Western America but went extinct, probably because there was no food.

Question 34

Who are the Jomon?

Answer 34

A group that lived in coastal Japan.