Humans Try to Control Nature

1. Humans Try to Control Nature Chapter 1 section 2

2. Key Terms Nomad Hunter-gatherer Neolithic revolution Slash-and-burn farming Domestication

3. Early Advances in Art and Technology • Nomads- people who move from place to place • Hunter-gathers- hunted animals and collected plant foods • Made spears • Digging sticks • Stone, bone, wood for tools

4. Beginnings of Agriculture • Neolithic revolution-the discovery of agriculture • Shift from food gathering to food production • Rising worldwide temperatures • Rich supply of grain • farming • Steady source of food

5. Beginnings of Agriculture • Slash-and-burn farming- cut down trees and burn them to clear fields • Ashes fertilize the fields • Plant crops for one or two years • Move to different field • Trees and grass grow repeat

6. Domestication of Animals • Domestication- taming of animals • Horses, dogs, goats, pigs • Use to drive animals off a ravine • Jarmo- birthplace of agriculture • Zagros mountains “Iraq” • Wheat, barley, goats, pigs, sheep, horses

7. Villages Grow and Prosper • Africa • Nile river • Grow wheat, barley • China • Huang River • Millet, wild rice • Mexico and Central America • Corn, beans squash

8. Catal Huyuk 8000 years ago 5,000 to 6,000 people 1000 dwellings Raised sheep and cattle Highly skilled workers Flood, fire, drought, disease could destroy a village