Wednesday, February 9, 2011

What to study for the test tomorrow?

Quiz Notes:
Where were the fertile crescent?
-Saudi Arabia (Middle East)
Why did the fertile crescent do so well?
-They had animals (Cows, sheep, goats, pigs)
-They had crops (Wheat and barley)
Who was Jared diamond?
-Bird watcher
-he's an anthropologists
-Professor of UCLA
Why are we watching this movie?
-To learn about how the world was changed
What is this movie based on?
-Guns, Germs, and Steel. (Best selling author)
Name some of the crops that were grown to help people advance?
- Rice, corn, wheat, barley, sorghum. Millet
What's sago?
-It doesn't keep long. But it fills you up, but doesn't have protein in it.
What is the capital of Papua New Guinea?
-Port Moresby
Main religion?
-Christian
Where is Papua new guinea?
-Near Australia
Whats significant about hunter/gather's
- They have to move around a lot ( Nomadic people) They collect all of the food all day.
What's a surplus and its significance?
-You can start to do other things , You can start to invent other things. (Specialized workers*)
What role does geographic luck have to do with the world?
-It has to do with where you live, if you live in a place with a surplus of food then your luckier than the people in New Guinea. Being able to farm, domesticated animals.
-The long term affects is a civilization that can keep growing because they have specialized workers.
What animals help the civilizations to grow?
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Look at the 14 domesticated animals. (Goats, sheep, cows, horses, pigs)
What are the qualities of a good domesticated plant?
-Easy to store, nutritional, easy to plant and harvest
What are the qualities of a good animal?
-over 100 lbs.
-don't want carnivores, only herbivores
-Can be tamed and not wild
-Not too skiddish like zebras (WHAT WAS THAT?!)
-Social Animals
-Want an animal that can produce often. (Unlike elephants)
What is cargo?
- Things that you can gather over time.-Clothes, homes, and other things.
Modern New Guinea?
-75% are farmers, 15% are aquiculture's.
Latitude lines and crops? 
-The same length of time, crops, animals are about the same.
Whats the 1st thing if you want to get out of the hunter and gathering methods
-Start growing crops, become farmers.
The village with the houses. And what was significant about it?
Draa', It was the 1st village in human history, there was a grainery in it too.

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