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Prior to the development of plant cultivation, human beings were hunters and gatherers.
( True )
Mesopotamia and the East in general have cool, rainy winters and hot, dry _______ which encourages plants to develop large seeds.
Winters
Summers
Springs
Falls
Summers
There were …………………. basic stages in the history of writing.
Two
Three
Four
Five
Five
Where is the modern-day Mesopotamia?
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Iraq
More settled village life made a higher birth rate.
( True )
_________ has been an important aspect of economics throughout the centuries.
Architecture
Agriculture
Economics
Military
Agriculture
Learning to care for the soil and the growth of plants, allowed tribes to …………………………………………………
Move from place to place
Hunt and gather
Stay in one location generation after generation
Learn how to drive
Stay in one location generation after generation
How did agriculture affect the birth rate?
Agriculture made more people die.
Agriculture caused the climate change.
Agriculture resulted in a higher birth rate.
Agriculture made land barren.
Agriculture resulted in a higher birth rate.
Irrigation system had a negative effect on agriculture.
(False)
Settled agricultural life had dramatic effects on human society and the ____________ .
Environment
Food
Clothing
Shelter
Environment
Writing appeared …………………years ago.
50
500
5000
1000
5000
What is Eurasia?
Europe and Asia
Eastern Asia
Mexico and Australia
Europe and Asia
Farming required more cooperation and sharing than hunting and gathering did.
( False )
____________ societies were and still are somewhat peaceful and in agreement in contrast with new agricultural societies.
Modern
Middle Ages
Hunting and gathering
Sleeping and resting
Hunting and gathering
In pictograph writing, one pictograph or symbol quite simply means what it looks like. For example, a picture of the sun means …………….
The sun
Heat
Light
Weather
The sun
What were the two parts of agricultural Revolution?
Gathering and picking of food
Slavery and freedom
The domestication of plants and the domestication of animals
Economy and business
The domestication of plants and the domestication of animals
Because of agriculture cities as well as trade relations between different groups of people developed.
( True )
More specifically it was___________ where agriculture first evolved in Eurasia and then westward across North Africa and Europe.
Sumer
Saudi Arabia
Mesopotamia
Philippines
Mesopotamia
……………………….. was first developed for keeping records of goods.
Hunting
Agriculture
Writing
Farming
Writing
What are the dramatic effects of agriculture on human societies?
Private property led to social classes and more conflict in society between the rich and poor.
People became more selfish.
Life became very good.
Nothing happened.
Private property led to social classes and more conflict in society between the rich and poor.