Agriculture and Settlement Vocabulary Quiz

What does the term "Agricultural Revolution" refer to?

• The shift to agriculture from hunting and gathering

• The invention of the wheel

• The discovery of fire

• The development of language

What is a characteristic of a civilization?

• Living in caves

• Growing a surplus of food

• Hunting and gathering

• Nomadic lifestyle

What does it mean to "cultivate" land?

• To build houses on it

• To leave it untouched

• To prepare land and use it for growing crops

• To use it for mining

What is "domestication"?

• The process of building homes

• The process of adapting wild plants and animals for human use

• The process of exploring new lands

• The process of creating new languages

What is the term for the mass movement of people from one part of the world to another in search of safety, food, and shelter?

• Nomadic

• Migration

• Pastoral

• Surplus

What does the Neolithic Period refer to?

• The period of human culture characterized by the beginning of farming and polished stone tools

• The beginning of the Industrial Revolution

• The era of the Roman Empire

• The time of the first human flight

What lifestyle is characterized by living a mobile or wandering existence?

• Pastoral

• Surplus

• Nomadic

• Migration

What is the focus of pastoral societies?

• Building large cities

• Raising livestock and caring for animals

• Developing technology

• Mining for resources

What does the term "surplus" mean?

• To have more than what is needed or required

• A shortage of resources

• A lack of food

• A balanced amount of goods