What Is Austronesian Migrations

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Page 14 Question 1- Human migration first began in Africa. Then, around 100,000 to 60,000 years ago, humans started to migrate north into the middle east, and then west towards Europe and east towards Asia. Then humans began to migrate to the Americas during the Ice Age and to Australia in boats.

Page 20 Question 2- Austronesian migrations differed from other trends of migration as both men and women made this expedition carrying agricultural plants and animals in their boats. This showed their purpose of wanting to colonize the new terrain of the Pacific.

Page 21 Question 3- The hunting and gathering economy resulted in an egalitarian society. Egalitarian societies were equal as most people possessed the same skills. Relationships were far more equal between men and women than that in future societies.
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Because of this, the human population grew in the now rich environment and nomadic hunter gatherers found it possible to live in settlements.

Page 28 Question 5- The emergence of the agricultural revolution began because of the end of the Ice Age. The new environmental conditions allowed humans to further explore the world and new food sources that were now able to grow. Due to the millenia of hunting and gathering, humans had extensive knowledge of the world and this allowed them to domesticate plants and animals.

Page 31 Question 6- The Agricultural or Neolithic Revolution effected each part of the world differently. For example, wild pigs and wheat were commonly found in the Fertile Crescent, but was a rare find in the Americas. Potatoes were plentiful in the Andes but were never to be found in Asia or Africa.

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