The First Farmers

Question 1

Broad Spectrum Revolution

Answer 1

Foraging of varied plant and animal foods at the end of the Ice Age

Question 2

Mesolithic

Answer 2

Stone toolmaking emphasizing microliths within broad spectrum economies

Question 3

neolithic

Answer 3

term used to describe economies based on food production

Question 4

Natufians

Answer 4

Widespread Middle Eastern foraging culture

Question 5

Hilly flanks

Answer 5

woodland zone

Question 6

Manioc

Answer 6

Cassava; tuber domesticated in the South American lowlands

Question 7

Surplus food production

Answer 7

challenges of surplus production: (1) greater organization of harvest, (2) greater limitation of access, (3) increased routinization of distribution, (4) new limits on consumption.

Question 8

Impact of turn to agriculture

Answer 8

led to the evolution of the state

Question 9

Vertical Economy

Answer 9

exploits environmental zones that, although close together in space, contrast with one another in altitude, rainfall, overall climate, and vegetation. Allowed broad spectrum foragers to use different resources in different seasons.