I.S 8 reviewer Flashcards
What can food tells us about the past?
Nutrition, Technology and social class
Foraging
until approximately 12,000 years ago , wild vegetarian
Hunting
Large animals, tools (weapons fire)
Herding
exploitation , animal domestication
Farming
plant domestication
Energy
the power or strength needed to sustain
First Energy Transition
Animals and fire for other uses
‘slash-and-burn’
second energy transition,
Waterwheels, windmills, and more
third energy transition
coal , steam engine, biomass fuel
Fourth energy transition
Electricity and petroleum
Fifth energy
Nuclear energy
50 megaton tsar bomb
Detonated in 1961
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All societies begin with basic need for___
Food
Energy
power or strength
How energy related to global history
Increased complexity