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Unit 2: Agricultural Revolution

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways useful to humans

a)

revolution

b)

surplus

c)

specialization

d)

domestication

2.

To have more than what is needed

a)

specialization

b)

surplus

c)

revolution

d)

domestication

3.

focusing on a single profession or skill

a)

specialization

b)

surplus

c)

domestication

d)

revolution

4.

The Neolithic Agricultural Revolution was when...

a)

hunter-gatherers lived

b)

fire was discovered

c)

farming changed everything

d)

cave paintings were made

5.
Which statement best describes the Neolithic people? 
a)
They lived in caves or built simple shelters.
b)
They migrated from place to place to hunt animals for food.
c)
They could settle in one place because they had a reliable food supply. 
d)
They used simple tools made from stone.
6.

Which is MOST responsible for the food surplus?

a)

new clothing material

b)

new shelters

c)

new tools

d)

job specialization

7.

Populations increased due to food surpluses.

a)

True

b)

False

8.
How did agriculture affect how humans spent their time?
a)
They lived day to day.
b)
People can only grow certain crops
c)
People had time to do other things
9.
when people focus working on a single job or activity
a)
surplus
b)
specialization
c)
technology
d)
practice
10.
another word for farming
a)
agriculture
b)
technology
c)
specialization
d)
shrine
11.
having more than what is needed
a)
prehistory
b)
surplus
c)
Bronze Age
d)
agriculture
12.

How did the lifestyle of hunter gatherers compare to that of early farmers?

a)

Hunter/Gatherers had more free time

b)

Hunter/Gatherers stayed in one place

c)

Farmers had larger commununities

d)

Farmers were less likely to catch diseases

13.

Having sufficient food caused an end to: 

a)

The Ice Age

b)

The New Stone Age 

c)

Nomadic ways of life

d)

Farming villages

14.

One way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.

a)

They no longer were nomads

b)

Life expectancy was shorter

c)

They had to move around to new farms

15.

What is the term that describes the discovery of farming?

a)

domesticated

b)

paleolithic age

c)

neolithic age

d)

agricultural revolution

16.

A system to bring water to crops

a)

migration

b)

agricultural revolution

c)

irrigation

d)

nomad

17.
Farming and Domestication of Animals resulted in the beginning of....
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Metal Age
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Fire Age
18.
Why did farming lead to permanent villages? 
a)
people grew too much food to travel 
b)
people needed to build storage for crops
c)
people needed to stay and tend their crops
d)
people had to make pottery to hold fo
19.
another word for farming
a)
agriculture
b)
technology
c)
specialization
d)
shrine
20.

How did peoples' dwellings change after the Agricultural Revolution (in Neolithic times)?

a)

They became larger, and more stable and permanent.

b)

They didn't - people mainly still lived in huts and caves.

c)

They became smaller and more mobile.

21.

Once people started farming,...

a)

they lived farther apart.

b)

they lived in smaller communities.

c)

they lived closer together and communities grew.

22.

True or False: Neolithic people had less time than Paleolithic people to invent things and specialize in jobs.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False: Neolithic people had stress from having to move around all the time in search of food.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

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

a)

True

b)

False

25.

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

a)

plow

b)

wheel

c)

calendar

d)

tractor

26.

True or False: Domestication of animals is the raising and training of animals to be used for work or food.

a)

True

b)

False

27.
How did agriculture affect how humans spent their time?
a)
They lived day to day.
b)
People can only grow certain crops
c)
People had time to do other things
28.
when people focus working on a single job or activity
a)
surplus
b)
specialization
c)
technology
d)
practice
29.
What method did communities use that assured of more animal products to eat?
a)
surplus
b)
crop rotation
c)
specialization
d)
domestication
30.
What did communities do with their surplus products?
a)
They traded with other communities.
b)
They threw them away.
c)
Made other products out of it.
31.
How did bronze improve human life?
a)
It was stronger than gold, copper, or tin.
b)
Bronze was made into jewelry.
c)
It was traded with other communities.
d)
It was malleable enough to be shaped into better weapons and tools.
32.
Why is permanent housing important?
a)
It allowed people to develop a more complex culture.
b)
People don't die from cold weather.
c)
It kept people safe from their enemies.
33.

During the Paleolithic Age..

a)

humans were hunter-gatherers.

b)

humans were early settlers.

c)

humans practiced agriculture. 

d)

humans domesticated animals for their farms. 

34.

During the Neolithic Age people...

a)

domesticated animals.

b)

were nomadic. 

c)

discovered fire. 

d)

were hunter-gatherers. 

35.

What cultural event marks the shift from a nomadic lifestyle to a settled one?

a)

The Age of Exploration

b)

The Agricultural Revolution

c)

The Bronze Age

d)

The Renaissance 

36.

As a result of efficient farming people could...

a)

become specialized. 

b)

create a religion.

c)

continue being nomadic.

d)

learn how to speak. 

37.

Organized communities for stability is a lasting impact of the...

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Paleolithic Age

c)

Agricultural Revolution 

d)

Ice Age

38.

Thanks to the Agricultural Revolution...

a)

people are still hunting and gathering food

b)

People live in settled communities

c)

People eat food raw

d)

people use stone tools

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