The Agricultural Revolution: Chapter 2

What was one effect of settling in one place?

• Humans did not need tools for agriculture anymore.

• Humans lived in smaller communities.

• Humans built permanent homes.

• Humans had fewer children.

Where did the first permanent human settlements form?

• India

• China

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

What developed during the Neolithic period? Select the two correct answers.

• large settlements

• migration across continents

• bartering and trade

• hunting with tools

• architecture

By which geographic feature were wild grains most likely to grow?

• mountains

• oceans

• deserts

• rivers

What happened when farmers grew more crops than they could use in a season?

• They burned the surplus.

• They built ways to store the surplus.

• They planted less the following year.

• They gave the surplus to their neighbors.

The demand by two or more groups for a resource that is in short supply is called

• Cultivate

• Competition

• Specialization

• Textile

To trade goods without using money is called

• Barter

• Surplus

• Competition

• Infrastructure

The public works system that includes roads, bridges, irrigation, public transportation, etc is called

• Infrastructure

• Competition

• Cultivate

• Specialization

An extra amount beyond what is needed is called

• Domesticate

• Surplus

• Textile

• Competition

To adapt and use for agricultural or other purposes is called

• Surplus

• Domesticate

• Specialize

• Barter