Vocabulary
Multiple Choice
Fill in the Blank 1
Fill in the Blank 2
Short Answer
100
To work in only one field
specialize
100
During the winter, people of the ice age lived a. in wood houses. b. in caves. c. in tents made of animal skins.
b. in caves.
100
People's most basic needs are for _____________, ______________ and _______________.
food, shelter, clothing
100
While ______________ covered much of the earth, people could not farm the land.
glaciers
100
How did farming make life easier for people after the Ice Age ended?
Allowed them to settle down.
200
rich
fertile
200
Because hunters had to follow the animal herds, they could not a. form settlements b. eat vegetables c. have children
a. form settlements
200
People of the Ice Age met most of their needs by __________________.
hunting
200
During the Ice Age, a person had little chance to __________________ in one kind of work.
specialize
200
Why did the people of Jericho build a wall around their town?
protection
300
a place where people come together to live
settlement
300
Mesopotamia means a. great desert. b. land between two rivers. c. land of burning suns.
b. land between two rivers.
300
We know most about early farming in an area called the _______________________.
Fertile Crescent
300
People of the _________________ left their caves to hunt wild animals and gather wild plants.
Stone Age
300
Where did the earliest known farming take place?
Fertile Crescent
400
a slow moving mass of ice and snow
glacier
400
The Agricultural Revolution meant that people could a. continue to follow the animal herds. b. keep their caves warm. c. settle in one place.
c. settle in one place.
400
One of the earliest towns in the Middle East was ____________________.
Jericho
400
A skilled kind of work that a person does with his or her hands is a _____________________.
craft
400
Why did trading develop after people began to specialize?
People had different jobs and different crafts were developed to trade.
500
a skilled work, done by hand
craft
500
With new ways of farming and plenty of food, people spent more time a. farming. b. looking for food. c. working on crafts.
c. working on crafts
500
Thanks to _______________, people could settle in one place and build towns.
agriculture
500
When people learned how to farm, they started living near each other in __________________.
settlements
500
Why is the change from hunting to farming called the Agricultural Revolution?
People could finally settle down and provide for their needs.
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