Pt.1:
1. The benefits of subsistence for hunter-gathers is that they have their food right then and there and they don't have to wait for it to grow and for agriculturalist when their food is grown and ready they have it in abundance and can store it and regrow it easily.
2. A disadvantage for hunters is that they have to wait for the animals to come around and then once they do they have to have a plan on how to capture it because if they mess up then they waste time and energy. For agriculturalist the disadvantage for them is that the food is not immediately available and they have to spend a lot of time and resources growing the food and then in the end not always does it even produce enough.
3. I think that the hunters subsistence diet would provide a healthier life style because they are always chasing their food and with that in mind they would stay lean and in good shape. The only reason I don't think that the farmers diet is healthier is because it has happened multiple times throughout history where there was famine and the people depended on the crops but they obviously never made it.
4. I think that they made the transition into agriculture because they realized that they would have more options when it came to food and that they could also mix the hunting with the food growing and make more healthier dependable meals to survive.
Pt.2:
1. "There is a direct relationship between the availability of surplus and the ability to trade." I think what this means is that the more of one thing there is the more people are able to trade. So for example if a person has 30 ears of corn but they only need 10 they have a surplus and would be willing to trade however much corn they want for something someone else has that they need.
2. Two benefits of social trade would be a rise in living standards and a reduction in poverty. This would be because when people trade they are stimulating the economy and they are also increasing their populations and making more work for everyone.
3. Two negative social results of trade would be that disease would be more easily spread and cultural uniqueness can be lost due to the favor of a universal culture.
4. The relationship between the development of agriculture and development of trade is that they both have persevered and depended on each other. Back then society depended on the growing of crops and livestock to just survive but then when trading became involved they realized that they could make a living off of this too and have a stable living environment.
