Question

Please place the following societies in chronological order: A. Pastoral; Agricultural, Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural B. Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural C. Pastoral; Hunter-gatherer; Horticultural; Agricultural D. Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Agricultural; Horticultural

Answer 1

The chronological order of the development of societies is Hunter-gatherer, Pastoral, Horticultural, and Agricultural, with horticultural societies being the first to have permanent settlements.

Step-by-step explanation:

To answer the question on placing the societies in chronological order, we need to look at human history and the development of different subsistence strategies over time. The correct chronological order is B. Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural.

• Hunter-gatherer societies were the earliest and existed until about 12,000 years ago. They were nomadic and relied on hunting and foraging for sustenance.
• Next came the Pastoral societies roughly 7,500 years ago, which were still nomadic but began domesticating animals for resources such as food, clothing, and transportation.
• Following this, Horticultural societies emerged where people started to grow stable crops, which allowed for permanent settlements because they did not have to relocate for resources.
• Finally, the Agricultural revolution occurred around 3000 BCE, leading to the development of permanent tools and more extensive farming practices, which resulted in larger human settlements and the birth of cities and trade.

Answer 2

Option B.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hunter-gatherer; Pastoral; Horticultural; Agricultural, is the correct chronological order.

Hunter-gatherer societies represented the most influential dependency on the natural environment. Hunter-gatherers heavily relied upon nature for their survival, for instance, they hunted wild animals and rum-maged for un-cultivated shrubs for a meal.

A change in the climatic conditions and correspondences commenced some communities to depend on the domestication of animals where conditions allowed. Pastoral societies came into being when humans began the domestication of animals.

Contemporaneous to this form of society, another form came into being which relied on the cultivation of stable crops. During this period of time, humans began the process to grow and cultivate plants.

While both the pastoral and horticultural communities employed small, make-shift instruments, for instance, scrapers and harvesting sticks, the agricultural societies relied on perpetual machines for sustenance.