Agriculture

What is agriculture?

• A type of dance

• The study of ancient civilizations

• The intentional cultivation of domesticated plants and animals

• A method of painting

Where is it believed that farming began?

• In the Americas

• In Africa

• In the Middle East, in the area of Turkey

• In Australia

What did the development of agriculture permit?

• The invention of the internet

• The creation of the first computer

• Unprecedented growth of human population and the emergence of towns and cities

• The development of the first car

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What was a major advance in agriculture?

• The discovery of electricity

• The creation of the first book

• The development of the plow

• The invention of the light bulb

What did the yearly floods of major river systems provide to early civilizations?

• Water and silt

• Fish

• A means of transportation

• Entertainment