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Agricultural Revolution and Timeline

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. About how long ago did agriculture begin if it began 10,000 BCE?

a)

12,024 years ago

b)

7,020 years ago

c)

2,020 years ago

d)

4,020 years ago

2.

Why did early farmers invent the plow?

a)

to harvest their crops

b)

to cut stalk of grain

c)

to improve food storage

d)

to prepare soil for planting

3.

Where did people develop terrace farming?

a)

hilly or mountainous regions

b)

rocky soil

c)

river floodplains

d)

forested regions

4.

4.What is one effect of surplus food among agricultural people?

a)

slash and burning farming

b)

drought

c)

increase in trade

d)

ancestor worship

5.

5. Which of the following is an example of an artisan?

a)

trader

b)

merchant

c)

farmer

d)

baker

6.

6. Which of the following is NOT an example of bartering?

a)

Farmer Joe exchanges a portion of his wheat surplus for a portion of Farmer Bob’s barley surplus.

b)

A student lends a pencil to a friend in need.

c)

A carpenter fixes a baker’s roof for a supply of bread.

d)

A man exchanges his first born daughter to a local landowner for a portion of property.

7.

7. Cities are referred to as

a)

urban

b)

rural

c)

suburban

d)

villages

8.

8. Which of the following timelines is the most accurate?

a)

<---500 BCE----100 BCE------0------100 CE-------500 CE--------->

b)

<--------500 AD--------100 AD--------0--------100 BC-------500 BC--------->

c)

<--------100 BC--------500 BC-------0-------- 100 AD------ 500 AD--------->

d)

<-------500 BCE-------100 BC--------0--------500 CE-------100 AD-------->

9.

9. Which of the following dates happened first?

a)

300 CE

b)

3000 CE

c)

300 BCE

d)

3000BCE

10.

10. If a civilization started in 2000 BCE and ended in 400 AD, how long did it last?

a)

2400

b)

200

c)

4000

d)

2800

11.

11. Which explains cause of agricultural revolution?

a)

Ice age ending caused agricultural revolution.

b)

Animal extinction caused agricultural revolution.

c)

none of above.

d)

Both ice age ending and animal extinction caused agricultural revolution.

12.

12. Which of these is an example of caravan?

a)

the van Dodge Caravan so people can travel together on vacation

b)

when children travel together in Halloween

c)

a group of traders traveling together on camels in Middle East

d)

None of the above

13.

What is this picture of?

a)

suburban

b)

urban

c)

rural

d)

farms

14.

14.How did governments raise money?

a)

taxation

b)

becoming an inventor

c)

becoming an artisan

d)

barter system

15.

15. Prehistoric stone age tools are

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

c)

representative democracy

d)

oligarchy

16.

GRAPES does not include

a)

groups

b)

religion

c)

achievements

d)

social structure

17.

17. This picture represents what type of government?

a)

anarchy

b)

democracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

monarchy

18.

18. Oligarchy is when

a)

few people or group is in charge.

b)

we vote for our representatives.

c)

when king is in charge.

d)

none of above

19.

19. An example of livestock is

a)

tigers

b)

lions

c)

horses

d)

wolves

20.

20. An example of domesticated animal is

a)

wolves

b)

tigers

c)

hyenas

d)

camels

21.

21. What were some of the possible effects of agriculture?

a)

drought and surplus of food

b)

pastoral societies

c)

civilizations forming

d)

all of above

22.

What is this a picture of?

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

suburban

d)

cities

23.

23, Why did people start bartering?

a)

surplus of food

b)

cities fomred

c)

Gods told them to

d)

none of above

24.

24. How were people categorized in society?

a)

agriculture

b)

social class

c)

languages

d)

none of above

25.

Irrigation is a system

a)

which helps water the crops.

b)

that helps move water from rivers and lakes to land.

c)

system in which water flow is regulated through channels or pipes.

d)

all of above