4th Foraging communities

What is one characteristic of foraging communities?

• Reliance on advanced technology
• Engaging in long-distance trade
• Building large permanent settlements
• Living in family units of around 20-50 people

What does it mean to be a forager?

• Building permanent settlements
• Trading goods with other communities
• Farming and cultivating crops
• Hunting and gathering resources from the environment

What factors led to the transition from foraging to settled way of life?

• Decrease in available food sources
• Development of agriculture
• Lack of suitable natural shelters
• Increase in population size

What is one benefit of life as a forager?

• Having access to advanced technology
• Having a stable and predictable food supply
• Being able to establish large settlements
• Being able to build permanent shelters

What was one of the main reasons for longer lifetimes in modern times compared to foragers?

• Improved shelter
• Modern medicine
• Less dangerous environment
• Better diet

How did prehistoric hunter-gatherers use natural shelters?

• As temporary homes and protection from the elements
• As permanent settlements
• As gathering places for social activities
• As burial grounds for their deceased

Why did foraging communities sometimes have to move around?

• Because they were constantly at war with other communities
• Because they wanted to explore new territories
• Because food and water sources dried up
• Because they were looking for better hunting grounds

What did foraging communities do when they met up with nearby communities?

• Competed for resources
• Fought each other
• Shared food, tools, weapons, and ideas
• Ignored each other