Agricultural Revolution Test Part 2

Hunter-gatherer societies were nomadic. What does this mean?

• They had a lot of members.

• They moved around a lot.

• They grew their own crops

• They ate only meat.

How did the earliest villagers compare to their hunter-gatherer counterparts?

• The villagers did much less work.

• The villagers led much longer lives.

• The villagers were smaller and less healthy.

• The villagers were bigger and stronger.

Settling down into small villages had which of the following effects on a population?

• Greater exposure to disease.

• Access to a more varied diet.

• A shrinking population.

• A reduction in the amount of daily work people had to do.

How did early villagers develop food surpluses?

• By domesticating more animal species than they really needed.

• By domesticating a wide variety of plant species.

• By raiding nearby villages for extra food.

• By growing and storing extra crops.

The Agricultural Revolution is also called...

• the Paleolithic time period

• the Neolithic Revolution

• the nomadic time period

• the farming time period

The _______ era more generally refers to a time in human history when foraging, hunting, and fishing were the primary means of obtaining food.

• the Paleolithic time period

• the Neolithic Revolution

• the nomadic time period

• the farming time period

Which continent is the first place people learned to domesticate plants?

• North America

• South America

• Asia

• Africa

In addition to dogs, which other animal(s) was(were) domesticated around 10,000 years ago?

• Goats

• Sheep

• Chickens

• All Answers are Correct

Why did humans begin to domesticate oxen and horses?

• meat

• dairy products

• plowing and transportation

• pets/

  companionship

The easiest animals to domesticate are...

• Herbivores (graze on vegetation)

• Carnivores (meat eaters)

• Omnivores (eat meat and plants)