Hunting, Gathering, and the Agricultural Revolution Quiz

Which statement regarding hunting and gathering societies is accurate?

• women hunted and men joined in the hunting duties

• they first were found in Asia, but migrated into Europe

• they were highly mobile and followed herds of large animals

• writing allowed them to record hunting patterns for future generations

The number of hunting and gathering societies decreased because

• they were conquered by Eurasian empires.

• animal predators overpowered human hunters.

• people learned how to grow crops and domesticate animals.

• the Ice Age caused human life to become extinct on earth.

The Agricultural Revolution replaced hunting and gathering as the primary means of procuring food by 5,000 BCE mainly because

• it was easier to hunt than to farm.

• farming provided a more reliable food source.

• people preferred to move from place to place.

• animals became too dangerous to hunt.

Which of these is the BEST explanation for why farming led to the growth of settled communities?

• a widely diverse diet was created by farming.

• farming provided a fairly reliable food supply.

• by then humans had perfected the skills required by farming.

• farming did not require as much work as hunting and gathering.

Which of these is the BEST explanation of the immediate effect of the Agricultural Revolution?

• people quit hunting

• writing was invented

• humans began to form towns and villages

• periods of starvation decreased worldwide population

Which of these is an accurate description of a Mesopotamian ziggurat?

• a burial place for emperors

• a religious and civic center

• a ship with triangular sails

• a weapon used to destroy walls

Which of these represents the most significant reason why historians and archaeologists know relatively little about the Indus River Valley civilization?

• their writing has not yet been deciphered

• people have not considered it a valid subject to study

• modern governments refuse to allow experts into the area

• there is not proof that the civilization actually existed

The Agricultural Revolution was historically important because it led to

• a decrease in population.

• increases in size of cities.

• the abandonment of hunting and gathering.

• permanent settlements and the domestication of animals.

The area known as "Mesopotamia" is found between the rivers

• Nile and Congo.

• Danube and Rhine.

• Tigris and Euphrates.

• Amazon and Mississippi.

In which area would you find the "Fertile Crescent"?

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