Food Studies AOS 1

Question 1

What are Hunter Gatherers?

Answer 1

Hunter Gatherers are humans who obtained their food from nature by hunting animals and gathering wild plants.

Question 2

How much food did they consume?

Answer 2

Hunter Gatherers only consumed the amount of food needed to survive.

Question 3

Who collected what?

Answer 3

Men would hunt (fishing) and women would gather fruits, seeds, nuts and roots.

Question 4

What were some limitations?

Answer 4

Shortages of food when the weather was cooler or drier.

Strict control over the population.

Question 5

Where were the Mbuti Pygmies located?

Answer 5

Congo - Africa
They were nomadic meaning that they move on when supplies are exhausted and take their shelters as they aren’t going back.

Question 6

Animal foods

Answer 6

Crabs and Shellfish

Question 7

Vegetable foods.

Answer 7

Fruits and berries.

Question 8

Where were the Sami from?

Answer 8

Cold Arctic

They were semi nomadic meaning they moved to the same places each year.