Humans Try to Control Nature

Reading Notes: 
- the development of agriculture caused an increase in population and the growth of a settled way of life
- nomads: highly mobile people who moved from place to place foraging, or searching for new sources of food
- hunters and gatherers: nomadic groups whose food supply depended on hunting animals and gathering plants
- making tools = increased food supply
- made jewelry from animal teeth/bones
- cave artists used charcoal, mud and animal blood for paint
- lived with bands from 25 to 70 people
- Neolithic Revolution: agricultural revolution
- farming provided a steady source of food
- slash and burn farming: cutting trees or grasses and burned them down to clear a field
- ashes from the trees remained as fertile soil
- domestication: taming or farming of animals
- started in Africa, China, Mexico, Central America and Peru
- glass was plentiful and used to make mirrors, jewelry and knives for trade


Section 2 Assessment: 
nomad- these people started the thought of farming and getting their food from one source
hunter-gatherer- these people showed that only killing animals and collecting food was not enough for their whole family/village
Neolithic Revolution- the start of farming and domestication
slash and burn farming- gave farmers fertile soil for up to two years
domestication- being able to farm animals and control them gave the people plenty of food

The Neolithic Revolution was the most significant development in agriculture because it started the process of domesticating animals and growing plants all in one spot that made it able to stay in one community and not having to travel.

Main Ideas: 
3. Cro-Magnon's new tools made it easier to survive because they made it easier to kill the animals that were being hunted.
4. Hunting and gathering and nomads played a role in the origins of farming.
5. The first crops to be grown in the Americas were corn, beans and squash.





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