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WorksheetsAgricultural Revolutions
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What were the important effects that the Agricultural Revolution had? Choose all that are TRUE:
People settled in one place and were not nomadic
The population grew at a faster rate
People completely stopped hunting and gathering.
People made new types of stone tools.
the last period of the Stone Age. Also the time when farming was invented and when people started taming animals
Neolithic Age
Paleolithic Age
Stone Age
Ancient Age
When did the Neolithic Age begin?
about 8000 BCE
about 8000 CE
about 100 BCE
2.5 million years ago
Because the conditions for farming were good, the first civilizations arose
in the mountains
near the sea
in river valleys
in the desert
If you have more than enough food you have a...
Specialization
Domestication
Surplus
Artisan
Growing food on a regular basis
adapt
systematic agriculture
domesticate
specialization
Taking specific jobs related to talents
adapt
systematic agriculture
domesticate
specialization
The time period in human culture when people began to make and use a combination of copper and tin.
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Stone Age
Silver Age
What were the negative effects of farming? Select all that are true:
People became shorter and started to have arthritis
People had tooth decay and were shorter
People began to fight more
People didn't have as many children
What is the meaning of domesticate?
to tame, or bring animals under the control of humans
to train for a particular job
to raise crops and animals for food
to move from place to place in search of food
to irrigate
To supply water to an area of land, typically through pipes or channels, so that crops will grow.
A group of people which share a specific time, area, traditions, and/or way of life.
This is surviving by hunting and gathering all the food and resources you need to survive.
To use selection and breeding to make plants or animals more useful to humans.
This is something that is useful and has value to people.
Which of the following was not a key change during the agricultural revolution?
exposure
mechanization
crop rotation
selective breeding
This development caused small farmers to become tenant farmers.
selective breeding
crop rotation
enclosure
mechanization
made the first advancements in agricultural technology with his seed drill (1701) - a mechanical seeder which distributed seeds efficiently across a plot of land.
Jethro Bodine
Jethro Gibbs
Jethro Cane
Jethro Tull
Agricultural Revolutions
A) The transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture
B) The invention of the steam engine
C) The discovery of penicillin
D) The development of the internet
