From Hunter-gatherers to Farmers

The business of farming; growing crops and raising animals is called

• Farming

• Domestication

• Agriculture

• Trade

To train a wild animal to be useful to humans is called

• Farming
• Domestication
• Agriculture
• Trade

An arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil is the

• Fertile Crescent
• Egypt
• Mesopotamia
• Mediterranean

The business of buying and selling or exchanging items is called

• Farming
• Domestication
• Agriculture
• Trade

The earlier part of the Stone Age, called the Old Stone Age, lasted around 3,000,000 years ago to 8,000 B.C.E. and was called the

• Iron Age
• Paleolithic Age
• Neolithic Age
• Bronze Age

The later part of the Stone Age, called the New Stone Age, lasted from around 8,000 B.C.E. to 3,000 B.C.E.

• Iron Age
• Paleolithic Age
• Neolithic Age
• Bronze Age

Something that can be used to fulfill a need is a

• Necessity
• Weapon
• Resource
• Tool

How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food

• Hunting and gathering
• planting and harvesting
• by herding goats and cattle
• by trading over land and sea

Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?

• The hills were full of gold
• The soil was good for crops
• The forest was full of animals
• The caves were deep and warm

The Neolithic Age ended about 3,000 B.C.E., with the discovery of how to

• make metal tools
• weave linen cloth
• tame wild animals
• build brick houses