Quiz on the Transition to Agriculture

What was the main way human beings survived for almost 200,000 years?

• Farming

• Mining

• Fishing

• Hunting and gathering

What major development allowed human beings to settle in one place?

• Invention of the wheel

• Discovery of fire

• Domestication of animals

• Development of agriculture

Where were the earliest signs of agriculture found?

• Mesopotamia and Egypt

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

What did the major rivers in Mesopotamia and Egypt provide for agriculture?

• Desert climate

• Snowmelt

• Saltwater

• Nutrients from floods

What did human beings have to understand in order to grow crops?

• How to fly

• How to build houses

• How to get the soil ready for planting

• How to make clothes

What did the ability to grow crops allow human beings to do?

• Become nomads

• Settle in one place

• Hunt more animals

• Travel more

What was the main occupation that arose once people didn't have to search for food all the time?

• Hunter

• Farmer

• Blacksmith

• Teacher

What did human beings discover about 10,000 years ago that changed their way of life?

• Electricity

• How to save seeds and grow crops

• The internet

• How to build skyscrapers

What did the Neolithic Age mark the beginning of?

• The Stone Age

• The Bronze Age

• The Iron Age

• Human civilization

What did human beings do once all the edible plants in an area were eaten?

• Stay in the same place

• Start mining

• Move to a different area

• Start fishing