Agricultural Revolution

What is a hunter gatherer society?

• Small groups of people who travel far follow animals they hunt and use whatever plants are available.

• Small groups of people who grow their own crops

• small groups of people who enjoy hunting

What is agriculture?

• Modifying (changing) weapons to hunt mammoth

• Modifying (changing) the land to grow food and keep animals

• Modifying (changing) the paint used in a Secret Cave

What does DOMESTICATE mean?

• Make something useful to animals

• Make something useful to humans

• Make something useful to aliens

In an agricultural village, animals were used for

• Entertainment and tricks

• Meat, milk, fur, leather, and working the land

• Corn, tomatoes, and potatoes

Where were the first agricultural villages?

• The Fertile Star

• The Fertile Rectangle

• The Fertile Heart

• The Fertile Crescent

Why was The Fertile Crescent such a good place to live?

• The land has dry winds, dust and many stinging insects

• The land has hurricanes, tornadoes and monsoons

• The land has sun, gentle rain and good soil

Why was the agricultural village life difficult at first? Choose two

• They only knew how to grow a few different crops so they did not get enough nutrition

• They got bored waiting for the plants to grow and forgot to water them

• They did not know how to keep their village clean so there was disease

What is a food surplus?

• When there is food on sale at the store

• When there is extra food grown that can be saved for hard times

• When there is not enough food for all

Why were people able to specialize (get good at) different skills in an agricultural village?

• They had time to focus on a skill because they were not hunting all the time

• They had time to focus on a skill because it was more enjoyable

• They had time to focus on a skill while chasing a wooly mammoth

What is the Agricultural Revolution also called?

• The KeepCowMilkGoodeolithic Revolution

• The GrowPotatoSoTastyeolithic Revolution

• The Neolithic Revolution