Vocabulary
Growing plants and raising animals for food.
Agriculture
Agriculture changed the way people lived.
True
False
Agriculture developed _______________ around the same time.
A) World Wide
B) In the United States
Worldwide
What can be changed to make crops grow bigger?
A) DNA
B) Chemical makeup
DNA
Name two steps that have to be done when making sausage.
Deboning the meat, grinding, stuffing the sausage...
Something left over like grain after a harvest
Surplus
Hunters and gatherers became _________________.
Farmers
Agriculture made the population:
Bigger
Smaller
Bigger (Increased)
How is agriculture different today than in the past?
We use large, heavy machinery now.
What type of plant produces a red, round shaped fruit?
Tomato Plant
A small community of people who live in the same place.
Settlement
What two things were animals used for on the farm?
1) Plowing
2) Transportation
Early farmers learned to ___________plants.
A) Govern
B) Cultivate
C) Sell
What crops were grown in North America?
Corn and tomatoes
To control the offspring of animals
Breed
Irrigate
To supply crops with water to improve the harvest
A surplus of food means to have:
A) None left over
b) A lot left over
A lot left over
Agriculture increased the size of permanent _______________.
Settlements
What two animals were used for transportation?
Horses
Donkeys
A nutrient in food necessary for survival.
Protein
Domesticate
To tame animals and plants for food or other uses.
How did agriculture change the way people lived?
-Cities came to be
-People got to do different jobs
Give 2 examples of protein.
Meat, cheese, eggs, nuts, etc.
Name one tool that was invented early on to help make farming easier?
Sickle, shovel, and plow
Prepare and use the land for crops
Cultivate