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WorksheetsEarly Agriculture
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 13mins
About 10,000 years ago, Humans learned to ____ (Neolithic Era)
Bake
Sell
Farm
Trade
The shift from hunting to Farming
Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic Industrial Domestication
Birth of Cities
Paleolithic Era
A complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living
Revolution
Domesticate
Surplus
Specialization
Causes of The Birth of Farming
Temperatures decreased and rainfall patters stayed the same
Temperatures increased and rainfall patterns changed
Glaciers began to shrink and ocean levels rose
Only one correct answer
How did people discover farming?
(Modifying the Environment)
By breeding animals led them to modify the environment
People cleared trees and bushes by setting them on fire. The grasses that grew back attracted grazing animals which led them to discover farming.
By watching trees grow and seeds falling
People noticed that if seeds were scattered on the ground, new plants grew there the next year. This discovery led them to find new ways to encourage the growth of wild food plant
How were domesticated animals and plants a reliable source?
Source of food
Used for work
Used for clothing
All of the above
To change the growth of plants ore behavior of animals in ways that are useful for animals
Revolution
Domesticate
Surplus
Specialization
Farming led people to invent new tools ….?
Stone
Iron
Bronze
Wood
Wild wolves developed into dogs which humans then domesticated. How did dogs help humans? (3)
Protection
Hunt
Used the plow on them
Companionship
Domesticated plants
Grains
Lilacs
Meat
Chicken
domesticated Animals
Sheep and llamas
Horses
Oxen
All of the above
Most historians believed that about 10,000 years ago, ____________ ____ became the first center of Agriculture
Southwestern Africa
Northeastern Europe
Northwestern africa
Southwestern Asia
What does this map suggest?
The different seeds that spread from southwestern Asia to eastward Africa
The evolution of Farming tools
The similar seeds that spread from southwestern Asia to westward Africa
New kinds of shelter
Costs of Farming
Time and energy
Uncertainty due to weather or disease
Danger of attack or theft
Food surplus
Smaller land needed
Benefit of Farming
Food surplus
Time and energy
Chance to build permanent homes
Smaller land needed
New materials for clothing
Çatalhöyük
Shared religious rituals
Oldest farming villages in Turkey and home to 8000 people
Trading center
Attached private dwellings and no large public buildings
What made people settle and have stable sheers with new materials
Domesticating
Digging canals
Farming
Cuneiform
What did people use to make cloths
Plant fibers
Silkworms
Polished axes
Animal hides and fur
More than what is need to feed a family
Revolution
Surplus
Domesticate
Specialization
Spending most of time working at a single job or craft
Revolution
Surplus
Domestication
Specialization
Who consulted to make decisions in families ?
Father
Heads of families
Priest
Kings
