Developing+Agriculture+&+Technology+(8)

 i. Agricultural societies are non-nomadic because they have to stay in one place to farm their crops. The remains of early agricultural people show some deterioration in health; tooth decay and anemia, a shorter physical stature, and diminished life expectancy. Because they lived so close to animals, the people in the society were very vulnerable to new diseases such as smallpox, flu, measles, chicken pox, malaria, tuberculosis and rabies. Also, this society was susceptible to famine from crop failure, drought, or other catastrophes. Pastoral- a pastoral society consisted of people who relied on the domestication of plants and animals to supply them with resources. These people came to depend on animals such as sheep, goats, cattle, horses, camels, and reindeer. Foraging societies- Small groups of nomadic people who had no permanent shelters and had a limit to how much land they can live off of. These societies generally worshiped chiefs and religious figures. Men where given the task to hunt, wage war, and do heavy labor. The women gathered, prepared food, and maintained the home.  c. Nature of village settlements Hunters settled in resource rich areas. They needed to learn how to manage these resources development of sickles, baskets, and other tools to make use of wild grain in the Middle East Amazon: peoples had learned to cut back some plants to encourage growth of the ones they wanted Australians had elaborate eel traps women were probably the agricultural innovators Domesticating of animals took place - Domestication of plants and animals required use of new technology. New farming tools and herding tools were invented. Where farming was difficult, most societies relied on domesticated animals for food. This allowed for the growth of industry and larger societies e. Introduction of key stages of metal use- i. The working of gold and copper then bronze, then later iron became part of the jewelry/tool making/ weaponry skill set of human kind. At the end of the stone age, humans began using weapons and tools for agriculture: such as attaching plows to animals. Tools were also used for irrigation to water the crops.
 * 1) __Developing agriculture and technology__
 * 2) Agricultural, pastoral, and foraging societies and their demographic characteristics
 * 1) Emergence of agriculture and technological change
 * 1) Nature of village settlements
 * 2) Impact of agriculture on the environment
 * 3) Introduction of key stages of metal use