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as you read this section, take notes to answer questions about the development of agriculture.
people of the old stone age were nomads who wandered from place to place in search of food.

1. how did hunter - gatherers use technology to improve their chances of survival?
2. what types of art did paleolithic people create?

about 10,000 years ago, an agricultural revolution began.

1. what factors led to the agricultural revolution?
2. how did farming develop and spread worldwide?

farming led to a settled way of life.

1. what were some of the cultural achievements of neolithic villagers?
2. what problems did early villagers face?

Explanation:

1. Hunter - gatherers used tools like spears for hunting and baskets for gathering. They also made shelters.
2. Prehistoric people created cave paintings, carvings of animals and human - like figures, and jewelry.
3. Factors included climate change (more stable climate), availability of wild grains, and the development of tools for farming.
4. Farming developed as people learned to domesticate plants and animals. It spread through migration, trade, and cultural diffusion.
5. Neolithic villagers had achievements like pottery - making, weaving, and the development of early forms of writing and religion.
6. Early villagers faced problems such as disease, food shortages during bad harvests, conflicts over resources, and natural disasters.

Answer:

1. They used tools for hunting and gathering and made shelters.
2. Cave paintings, carvings, and jewelry.
3. Climate change, available wild grains, and tool development.
4. Through domestication of plants and animals, and spread by migration, trade, and cultural diffusion.
5. Pottery - making, weaving, early writing, and religion.
6. Disease, food shortages, resource conflicts, and natural disasters.