PLANTS, PEOPLE AND CULTURE

JOURNAL QUESTIONS

Chapter 11 Origins of Agriculture

  1. How did the lifestyles of the first human societies change about 10,000 years ago? What did their diets vary?
  2. How did early people’s knowledge of plants help them?
  3. In what ways can we learn about the early foragers?
  4. Give two theories to explain early cultures going from foraging to agriculture?
  5. Briefly describe the agricultural societies of the Near East, Far East and the New World.
  6. Give the characteristics of domesticated plants and give 2 examples.

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