6.03 Agricultural Revolution

How did the development of permanent settlements impact the human population?

• The human population became more nomadic.

• The human population increased.

• The human population decreased.

What would be the best title for these notes?

• Reasons Why Humans Created Government

• Factors that Led to Permanent Human Settlements

• Factors that Led to the First Human Religions

The growth of early river civilizations was dependent on developments in

• agriculture

• medicine

• religion

This table lists events caused by a development during the Agricultural Revolution. What development caused these events?

• the creation of religion

• the discovery of gold

• the creation of a food surplus

In what way did early hunter-gatherer societies differ from sedentary agricultural civilizations?

• Agricultural civilizations had surplus food.

• People in hunter-gatherer societies had longer life spans.

• Hunter-gatherer societies did not use man-made tools.

According to these notes, how did the Neolithic Revolution lead to the development of permanent settlements?

• Humans consistently had to search for food to survive.

• Humans domesticated animals which allowed for easier movement from place to place.

• Humans learned how to farm which allowed them to settle.

Why did nomadic humans create permanent settlements and villages?

• Herds hunted by humans went extinct.

• New religions preached against the nomadic lifestyle.

• The domestication of animals made hunting less important.

How did early human civilizations provide steady sources of water to their crops?

• They built systems that brought water to their farms.

• They built farms close to the ocean.

• They only farmed crops during the rainy seasons.

The creation of permanent human settlements was the direct result of what?

• the formation of organized religions

• the ability to forge bronze tools and weapons

• the ability to produce food

What social change occurred with the development of agriculture and settled farming?

• Women fulfilled a more domestic role.

• All children began to attend school.

• Men saw women as gods of the harvest.