Friday 01-10-2013 : And now for something completely different

AN IMPORTANT NOTE BEFORE WE BEGIN : IF YOU STILL OWE ASSIGNMENTS, YOU WILL BE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE THOSE AFTER COMPLETING THE ONE THAT FOLLOWS

Today, we will begin a new section of this course. As part of our usual standard operating procedure, there are notes at the very beginning. What's different is that this time, YOU WILL NOT TYPE THEM UP AND SEND THEM TO ME. Instead, consult these notes in order to answer the following questions. Send both the questions and answers in the body of an email with your name and the phrase "aggie history" in the subject line

cheers,
Mr. L

PS The answers aren't necessarily going to leap out at you adn smack you over the head

Questions

1) Please list at least five advantages of farming over hunting/gathering. For each item, write at least one complete sentence explaining WHY this is an advantage 

2) Which came first : the first agricultural revolution (neolithic) or recorded history? 

3) Using at least three complete sentences, explain why the first was possibly a direct cause of the second. (Note: yup, we gonna have us a discussion of this at some point, so make you can justify your answer)

4) What is the definition given for agriculture?

5) It is said that agriculture first began in the "Fertile Crescent" (shown in one slide), then "diffused" to other areas of the world. Looking at the available slides -- "areas of early domestication" and "the fertile crescent" -- tell me at least one reason why you think that these areas were the first to develop agriculture

6) Now do a little research, and look online to try and find at least three other similarities between the original fertile crescent and the others mapped out on the other slide. You're looking for similarities that would make them conducive for growing stuff and raising animals
One complete sentence for each similarity

7) While you're researching, find out which modern day country is in what once was the Fertile Crescent 

8) What is the connection between the amount of food raised per acre and the percentage of people working in agriculture?

9) What is the main difference between pastoralism and slash and burn agriculture?

10) How did the second agricultural revolution affect the development of the industrial revolution?

11) What is subsistence farming?

12) How might the widespread practice of subsistence farming slow down the development of the countries where it is practiced?

13) and 14) Last two questions : create your own two questions about these notes, then answer them