The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• 15,000 years ago people were foragers and hunters (gathering fruits/nuts, hunting to get meat (mostly fish))
• marine life was abundant
• population pressure necessitated agriculture even though it was more work, or abundance gave people leisure to experiment with domestication or planting originated as a fertility rite- or as some historians have argued - people needed to domesticate grains in order to produce more alcohol

Question 2

advantage and disadvantage of agriculture

Answer 2

• advantage:
• controllable food supply
• can create food surplus
• can be practiced all over the world
• disadvantage:
• to keep feeding people, you have to change the environment
• not that beneficial to the planet
• very taxing, hard work

Question 3

herding

Answer 3

• animals provide meat and milk and also help with shelter

- have to move around a lot for more food for cattle