• Goats and sheep were the first to be domesticated.
• For their meat and to plow.
• they are still doing many things by hand like hunting and gathering and plowing.
• Domesticated- animals that are controlled by people to do jobs or work
• Over 2 million different animals
• Most are carnivores which are mat eaters.
• Which means that they have to domesticate other animals for them first.
• 148 animals that weigh over 100 pounds.
• 14 animals that can be successfully domesticated.
○ Goats
○ Sheep
○ Pigs
○ Cows
○ Horses
○ Donkeys
○ 2 kinds of camels
○ Water buffalo
○ Llama
○ Reindeer
○ Yaks
○ 2 other kinds of cattle
• None of the animals relatives are native to New Guinea or Australia
• llamas are found in South America
• The rest are from Asia, Europe, and Africa
• Became the fertile crescent.
○ Animals
○ Wheat
• They made plaster from limestone.
• Steel is now used around the World for many different reasons.
• Food surplus was one of their biggest problems.
• There main goal was to have enough food for the next days.
• Westerners came and used their technology to colonized the country.
• The climate was to dry and the ecology was bad.
• Americans consume 20 million lbs of wheat every year.
• Some people do not live planting and gathering all the time.
• There are cars and clothes too.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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