1. Ch 1 / Sect 2: Humans Try to Control Nature

2. - nomads  mobile, search for food Hunter-Gatherers
Paleolithic Age (2.5 million to 8000 BC – mostly Ice Age )
Old Stone Age
- nomads  mobile, search for food
Hunter-Gatherers
- tools, knives, fish hooks, harpoons
lived in small groups  fewer mouths to feed = less work
developed jewelery and art (necklaces of shells, teeth and claws)
cave Paintings

3. shift to food-producing culture causes of:
Neolithic Revolution = Agricultural Revolution
shift to food-producing culture
causes of:
- climate change  rising temperatures
- population pressure
early farming methods
- Slash and burn - clear land  ashes fertilize
Domestication of Animals
- taming
growth of permanent settlements
people across the world develop agriculture independently

4. ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Farming Early River Valleys ( Adv. and Disadv.)
ADVANTAGES
fertile land  crops
raise animals
surplus of food
skilled workers
sedentary life; not nomadic
DISADVANTAGES
floods and droughts
attacks
natural disasters
disease
permanent changes to earth

5. Paleolithic Age Neolithic Age
Drawing Activity
Directions: Split page in half with a line. On the left label the table Paleolithic and on the right Neolithic. Using your notes, create an illustration with 3 identifiable features that show the difference between the 2 eras.
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age