Agriculture and early cities

How did agriculture change human life?

• It allowed humans to develop new technologies

• It allowed humans to create cities

• It allowed humans to adopt a sedentary (stay in one place) lifestyle.

• It allowed humans to form tribes.

Which of the following BEST describes a civilization?

• A society with cities, government, religion, job specialization, class structure

• A society with advanced technology and agriculture

• A society with a strong military

• A society with a a large population located in a specific geographical location.

What is the main cause of the rise of cities?

• Military power

• Trade

• Surplus of food

• Technology

What is the PRIMARY benefit of agriculture?

• Increased population

• Increased food production

• Increased leisure time

• Increased trade

What is believed to be the oldest city in the world?

• Rome

• Athens

• Uruk

• Jerusalem

Who was the ruler of Uruk around 2800 BC?

• Abraham

• Gilgamesh

• Alexander the Great

• Moses

Where did most early cities begin?

• Near mountains

• Near rainforests

• Near rivers

• Near prairies

What important skills allowed for the rise of farming?

• Creation of reliable tools

• Domestication of plants and animals

• The discovery of seeds

• Turtle, just turtles bro

Look at the picture, why do you think the wild pig on the left looks different form the domesticated pig on the right?

• People bred pigs to have more meat

• larger pigs were easier to domesticate.

• Larger pigs are less esxpensive to feed

• Wild and domesticated pigs are not related.

"Chickens were selected to be larger, wild cattle (aurochs) to be smaller.... Most domestic animals .... have smaller brains and less acute sense of organs than do their wild ancestors. Good brains and keen eyes are essentials to survival in the wild, but represent a ... waste of energy in the barnyard, as far as humans are concerned."

According to this, animals were domesticated in certain ways in order to

• Be larger

• have keener sense.

• Be more useful to people

• survive better in the wild.