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Early Humans and the Agricultural Revolution

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which refers to taming an animal for use by humans?

a)

technology

b)

encampment

c)

specialization

d)

domestication

2.

How were early farmers different from hunter-gatherers?

a)

They ate all the grains they collected

b)

They often changed their physical location

c)

They usually live with a small group of people

d)

They domesticated some animals for human use.

3.

Which cultural shift took place during Neolithic Era?

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Age of Civilization

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Agricultural Revolution

4.

What is a long lasting impact of the Agricultural Revolution?

a)

stone tools to ensure protection

b)

organized communities for stability

c)

eating raw foods for brain development

d)

hunting and gathering to ensure food production

5.

Who were the earliest humans?

a)

Hunter gatherers

b)

Farmers

c)

Cobblers

d)

Bakers

6.

People who migrate from place to place are called...

a)

farmers

b)

paleolithic

c)

laborers

d)

nomads

7.

The Agricultural Revolution refers to the time when early humans-

a)

mastered fire.

b)

developed agriculture and settled down.

c)

migrated from Africa.

d)

organized governments

8.

What was the most important and long-lasting effect that the Agricultural Revolution had on people's lives?

a)

People began eating wild grains

b)

The population grew at a faster rate, and people settled into communities

c)

People completely stopped hunting and gathering

d)

New types of stone tools were made

9.

What is domestication?

a)

the process of changing animals and plants to make them more useful for humans

b)

the period when people moved from food gathering to food producing

c)

building homes in order to stay in one place permanently

d)

the condition where one has more than one needs

10.

Living a nomadic lifestyle is an example of which culture?

a)

paleolithic

b)

neolithic

11.

Hunting and gathering food is an example of which culture?

a)

paleolithic

b)

neolithic

12.

What is the term we use to describe the discovery and implementation of farming into human civilization?

a)

The Agricultural Revolution

b)

The Paleolithic Era

c)

The Growing Age

d)

The Grain Production Cycle

13.

The steady supply of food in the Neolithic Age allowed people to do different types of work that did not involve farming. What do we call this?

a)

Hunting

b)

Specialization

c)

Religion

d)

Technology

14.

When the food supply increases, what happens to the population?

a)

it decreases quickly

b)

it increases quickly

c)

it stays the same

d)

it splits into different groups

15.

The _____________ of plants and animals benefited people because it allowed them to settle in one place.

a)

Agricultural Revolution

b)

irrigation

c)

domestication

d)

specialization

16.

The earliest humans got their food by...

a)

growing crops

b)

raising chickens and cows

c)

hunting animals and gathering berries and nuts

d)

going to the grocery store

17.

During the Neolithic Age, the population was able to grow because ______.

a)

many animals that were dangerous to humans died off

b)

hunters developed better techniques for hunting

c)

humans learned which plants were safe to eat

d)

people had a steady supply of food

18.

To share information with someone

a)

systematic agriculture

b)

locate

c)

Paleolithic

d)

communicate

19.

The organized growing of food on a regular schedule called,_________ allowed people to produce a constant food supply.

a)

shrines

b)

farming

c)

systematic agriculture

d)

river valley

20.

Long periods of extreme cold that affected all of Earth. Glaciers covered much of the land

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Ice Ages

c)

Paleolithic Age

d)

Neolithic Age

21.

A place of worship

a)

port

b)

shrine

c)

Judaism

d)

Roman Catholic

22.

What two continents did the land bridge connect

a)

Asia and South America

b)

Africa and Asia

c)

Asia and North America

d)

Antarctica and North America

23.

After the last Ice Age, many nomads moved into areas with a milder climate and fertile land. As a consequence ______eventually replaced hunting and gathering as the main source of food.

a)

shrines

b)

farming

c)

systematic agriculture

d)

river valley

24.

Because the conditions for farming were good, the first civilizations arose...

a)

in the mountains

b)

near the sea

c)

in river valleys

d)

in the desert

25.

What was the most important and long-lasting effect that the Agricultural Revolution had on people's lives?

a)

People began eating wild grains

b)

The population grew at a faster rate, and people settled into communities

c)

People completely stopped hunting and gathering

d)

New types of stone tools were made