1.3 Early Humans & the Agricultural Revolution

After the last Ice Age, many nomads moved into areas with a milder climate and fertile land. As a consequence ______eventually replaced hunting and gathering as the main source of food.

• shrines

• farming

• systematic agriculture

• river valley

The organized growing of food on a regular schedule called,_________ allowed people to produce a constant food supply.

• shrines

• hunting

• systematic agriculture

• river valley

Because the conditions for farming were good, the first civilizations arose...

• in the mountains

• near the sea

• in river valleys

• in the desert

What was the most important and long-lasting effect that the Agricultural Revolution had on people's lives?

• People began eating wild grains

• People settled into stable organized communities and the population grew at a faster rate

• People completely stopped hunting and gathering

• New types of stone tools were made

With the surplus of food, fewer people were needed in the fields. As a result, some people...

• went back to hunting and gathering.

• started domesticating animals.

• became artisans or skilled workers.

• moved out of villages.

The Agricultural Revolution refers to the cultural shift during the Neolithic Era/Age when humans

• mastered fire.

• developed agriculture and settled into organized communities.

• migrated from Africa.

• organized governments

Farmers were different from Hunter-gatherers because they domesticated living things for their farms. What is domestication?

• the process of taming or changing animals and plants to make them more useful for humans

• the period when people moved from food gathering to food producing

• building homes in order to stay in one place permanently

• the condition where one has more than one needs

The steady supply of food & better farming technology in the Neolithic Age allowed people to do different types of work & make new products that did not involve farming. What do we call this?

• Hunting

• Job Specialization

• Religion

• Technology

When the food supply increases, what happens to the population?

• it decreases quickly

• it increases quickly

• it stays the same

• it splits into different groups

The earliest humans in the Paleolithic Age got their food by...

• growing crops

• raising chickens and cows

• hunting animals and gathering berries and nuts

• going to the grocery store