Agricultural Revolutions

What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?

• Easy travel

• They kept pets

• Shared most work

• Stable food supply

Farming and Domestication of Animals resulted in the beginning of....

• Paleolithic Age

• Metal Age

• Neolithic Age

• Fire Age

Why did farming lead to permanent villages? 

• people grew too much food to travel 

• people needed to build storage for crops

• people needed to stay and tend their crops

• people had to make pottery to hold fo

another word for farming

• agriculture

• technology

• specialization

• shrine

having more than what is needed

• prehistory

• surplus

• Bronze Age

• agriculture

What method did communities use that assured of more animal products to eat?

• surplus

• crop rotation

• specialization

• domestication

Once people started farming,...

• they lived farther apart.

• they lived in smaller communities.

• they lived closer together and communities grew.

True or False: The domestication of animals allowed Neolithic people to use animals for food and work.

• True

• False

All of the following were tools/inventions created in Neolithic times (after the Agricultural Revolution) EXCEPT:

• plow

• wheel

• calendar

• tractor

Domestication of plants and animals was important because...

• Plants and animals were a nutritious source of food

• Plants and animals were a reliable source of food

• All of the above