2817308416 | What were the regions where farming developed and what crops? (4) | Southeast Asia: rice Middle East: Wheat Andean Highland of S. America: Potatoes Mexico: Maize | 0 | |
2817311619 | What were the two most important crops? | maize and potatoes | 1 | |
2817312631 | What were the crops mexico domesticated? (3) | Maize, Beans, Squash (most important) | 2 | |
2817313625 | How did farming affect people? | boosted population, villages appeared | 3 | |
2817314980 | what were "clans" and what did they do? | developed because of rising population. different clans responsible for different social, political, or ritual function also mechanism for alliances. "classes" developed | 4 | |
2817319930 | What was the division of labor in Indian Communities? How did farming change this? | Originally, men hunted and women gathered but with farming both genders worked in the fields | 5 | |
2817342442 | How did men and women interact (socially) | marriage weak and divorce simple, women could do whatever they wanted with/to their bodies. | 6 | |
2817346900 | How were gender relationships different between these farming communities and Europe? | In Europe, men dictated everything and women had to obey. In America, Women could act independently | 7 | |
2817348393 | Where was Mesoamerica? | Central Mexico to Central America | 8 | |
2817349991 | What were weaknesses in farming societies? (3) | -less stable and required more management by bureaucracies. -Vulnerable to changes in climate (droughts) and self-made crisis (soil depletion) -Prone to engage in warfare for more territory | 9 | |
2817353737 | who were the Teotihuacan, the Aztecs, and the Toltecs and when did they take power (order of succession) | Teotihuacan (6th-8th century): built sun and moon pyramids Toltecs (10th-12th century): dominating central Mex. Aztecs- settled in valley of Mex. forged an empire | 10 | |
2817359749 | Why did some cultures not adopt farming? | Not because of ignorance, but because their methods worked just as well if not better | 11 | |
2817361997 | Where was Farming adopted in America? | Southwest and south | 12 | |
2817364441 | How revolutionary was farming? | Not very except in some cases like in Central Mexico and the Mississippi | 13 | |
2817366668 | Who were the two groups of farmers of the Southwest and what was their importance? | Mogollon: built Kivas Hohokam: Built 1st irrigation system N of Mex | 14 | |
2817369172 | What were pueblos? | multistory apartment complexes | 15 | |
2817371887 | Who were the Anasazis and what happened to them in the 13th century? | Best known farming culture around 4 corner area. Faced major problems in 13th century (drought, famine, and crop failure) and then attached by Athapascan so left that area | 16 | |
2817375603 | What is Woodland Culture | Way of life, based on combo of hunting and gathering w/ cultivation of local crops | 17 | |
2817379166 | What was Mississippi known for | new tech: bow and arrow, new maize, flint hoes | 18 | |
2817381379 | what is Mississippian Culture | Master maize farmers, lived along floodplains | 19 | |
2817381949 | How were they similar to Mesoamerica | advanced for the time | 20 | |
2817383335 | Who were the two 1st political societies N. of Mex. | Anasazis and Mississippians | 21 | |
2817385231 | What was the only difference between Europeans and Native Americans | A writing system | 22 |
Chapter 1.3: The Development of Farming Flashcards
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