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Agricultural Revolutions

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the important effects that the Agricultural Revolution had? Choose all that are TRUE:

a)

People settled in one place and were not nomadic

b)

The population grew at a faster rate

c)

People completely stopped hunting and gathering.

d)

People made new types of stone tools.

2.

the last period of the Stone Age. Also the time when farming was invented and when people started taming animals

a)

Neolithic Age

b)

Paleolithic Age

c)

Stone Age

d)

Ancient Age

3.

When did the Neolithic Age begin?

a)

about 8000 BCE

b)

about 8000 CE

c)

about 100 BCE

d)

2.5 million years ago

4.

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

5.

If you have more than enough food you have a...

a)

Specialization

b)

Domestication

c)

Surplus

d)

Artisan

6.

Growing food on a regular basis

a)

adapt

b)

systematic agriculture

c)

domesticate

d)

specialization

7.

Taking specific jobs related to talents

a)

adapt

b)

systematic agriculture

c)

domesticate

d)

specialization

8.

The time period in human culture when people began to make and use a combination of copper and tin.

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Iron Age

c)

Stone Age

d)

Silver Age

9.

What were the negative effects of farming? Select all that are true:

a)

People became shorter and started to have arthritis

b)

People had tooth decay and were shorter

c)

People began to fight more

d)

People didn't have as many children

10.

What is the meaning of domesticate?

a)

to tame, or bring animals under the control of humans

b)

to train for a particular job

c)

to raise crops and animals for food

d)

to move from place to place in search of food

11.

to irrigate

a)

To supply water to an area of land, typically through pipes or channels, so that crops will grow.

b)

A group of people which share a specific time, area, traditions, and/or way of life.

c)

This is surviving by hunting and gathering all the food and resources you need to survive.

d)

To use selection and breeding to make plants or animals more useful to humans.

e)

This is something that is useful and has value to people.

12.

Which of the following was not a key change during the agricultural revolution?

a)

exposure

b)

mechanization

c)

crop rotation

d)

selective breeding

13.

This development caused small farmers to become tenant farmers.

a)

selective breeding

b)

crop rotation

c)

enclosure

d)

mechanization

14.

made the first advancements in agricultural technology with his seed drill (1701) - a mechanical seeder which distributed seeds efficiently across a plot of land.

a)

Jethro Bodine

b)

Jethro Gibbs

c)

Jethro Cane

d)

Jethro Tull

15.

Agricultural Revolutions

a)

A) The transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture

b)

B) The invention of the steam engine

c)

C) The discovery of penicillin

d)

D) The development of the internet