Chapter 2 Test

What did the world's earliest farmers figure out for the first time?

• how to find food plants that grew in their region

• how to cut down trees and dig in the earth

• how the climate affected food supplies

• how to select wild seeds for planting

Which is a list of domesticated animals?

• goats, sheep, pigs

• cattle, wolves, bears

• lions, gazelles, hyenas

• chickens, water buffalo, tigers

What was one effect of surplus food among agricultural people?

• drought

• increase in trade

• slash-and-burn farming

• ancestor worship

Why did farmers invent the plow?

• to harvest their crops

• to improve food storage

• to cut stalks of grain

• to prepare soil for planting

Where did people develop terrace farming?

• in hilly or mountainous regions

• along river floodplains

• in heavily forested regions

• in rocky soils

What would you expect to find in a society with social classes?

• men and women sharing leadershiip

• leaders chosen by the people

• leaders born into their roles

• government based on written laws

Which of the following statements is true of ancient civilizations?

• They first developed about ten centuries ago

• They began as religious centers.

• They grew quickly from agricultural communities.

• They developed as cities spread.

Some farmers were able just to ________ on what they grew, but others were able to produce a surplus.

• pastoral

• livestock

• subsist

• irrigation

• barter

A ________ society includes people who guard their herds as the animals graze.

• pastoral

• livestock

• subsist

• irrigation

• barter

Early farmers had a ready supply of meat because they raised_______.

• pastoral

• livestock

• subsist

• irrigation

• barter