The Spread of Early Agriculture in East Asia

Multiple Choice

The word “sophisticated” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to:

• difficult to control
  

• highly developed
  

• natural and simple
  

• recently discovered

Multiple Choice

According to the passage, what is one reason millet became a reliable crop in northern China?

• It grows well in wetland environments.
  

• It required very little labor to cultivate.
  

• It survived in cold and dry climates.
  

• It produced larger harvests than rice.

Multiple Choice

What can be inferred about early rice farmers?

• They depended mainly on wild plants for survival.
  

• They understood how to manipulate their environment.
  

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  They preferred to live in small, isolated settlements.
  

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  They used tools borrowed from northern farmers.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following forms of evidence supports the early domestication of millet?

• Ancient irrigation channels
  

• Charred grains and stone tools
  

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  Genetic similarities among populations
  

• Mixtures of wild and domesticated plants

Multiple Choice

Choose the answer that best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence.
“Some scholars argue that farming spread primarily through the movement of people.”

• Farming became popular after many people decided to abandon their homes.
  

• People traveling from place to place helped spread farming practices.
  

• Farmers rarely moved after establishing stable communities.
  

• Only farmers could survive long-distance migrations.

Multiple Choice

Why does the author mention Japan in paragraph 5?

• To show an exception to agricultural development in Asia
  

• To provide an example of migration influencing the spread of rice farming

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  To argue that rice did not spread as widely as millet
  

• To highlight the environmental differences between the regions

Multiple Choice

The word “they” in paragraph 4 refers to:

• local hunter-gatherers
  

• archaeological sites
  

• agricultural techniques
  

• groups of millet or rice farmers

Multiple Choice

All of the following are mentioned as results of early agriculture EXCEPT:

• population growth
  

• 
  development of trade networks
  

• more complex political systems
  

• rapid climate changes

Multiple Choice

“This discovery has sparked debate among archaeologists and geneticists.”

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Multiple Select

Choose three answers that best summarize the passage.

• Millet and rice were both domesticated early in East Asia, supporting the rise of settled communities.

• East Asian agriculture developed later than Middle Eastern agriculture.

• Nomadic groups rejected farming and maintained strictly hunting-based lifestyles.

• Agriculture spread through both migration and cultural diffusion.

• The development of stable food sources helped shape early East Asian civilization