Unit 4 Lesson 15.2 Early Communities and Villages

What were the earliest farming communities south of the Sahara comprised of?

• Strangers
• Individuals
• Extended families
• Nomads

Who were included in the extended families of early farming communities?

• Friends and neighbors
• Strangers
• Close relatives such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
• Only parents and children

How many members did an extended-family community typically have?

• More than 50
• Around 10
• Around 15 to 20
• Less than 5

What did family members do together in early farming communities?

• They hired outsiders to do the work
• Each member had their own field
• Each member worked independently
• They worked together to clear the fields, plant seeds, and harvest crops

What did family-based communities eventually do?

• They became individual farmers
• They separated and became nomads
• They moved to other continents
• They joined together to form villages

How many people might a village contain?

• Around 50
• More than 500
• Less than 10
• Around 100 to 200

How was the village leader likely selected?

• By wisdom and strength
• By wealth
• By age
• By gender

Why did extended families usually band together in villages?

• To start wars with other villages
• To get needed help
• To compete with one another
• To isolate themselves from others

What might people need to collaborate for in early African villages?

• To isolate themselves from others
• To control a flooding river
• To start wars with other villages
• To steal from other villages

What have archaeologists discovered at the ancient West African village of Dhar Tichitt?

• Ruins of a palace
• Ruins of high walls and gates
• Ruins of a temple
• Ruins of houses made of straw