Chapter 1.3: The Development of Farming Flashcards

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