Vocab Terms 1
Vocab Terms Continued
What caused what?
Spread of Agriculture (Map)
Miscellaneous
100
The image below is an example of _________ humans.
a) agricultural b) nomadic
c) sedentary d) settled
b) nomadic humans
100
Which of the following is related to a sedentary lifestyle?
a) hunter-gatherers
b) traveling circus
c) nomadic tribes
d) cities
d) cities
sedentary = settled
settled = staying in one place (cities)
100
Which of the following is the cause?
a) Development of agriculture
b) Rise in population
- Population began to rise after agriculture began
- Agriculture led to rise in populations
100
Around what period of time was sorghum domesticated?
6,000 BC to 3,000 BC
sorghum domesticated in Africa
100
The orange area indicates the:
a) Sahara b) desertification
c) Sahel d) savannah
c) Sahel
200
Which of the following is not an example of irrigation?
a) rain
b) sprinkler system
c) ditches directing water from a river
a) rain
Irrigation involved the control of water; directing water to crops
200
What was likely true the about environment in places that first used irrigation?
a) it was a humid environment
b) it rained a lot
c) it lacked good soil
d) it was arid
d) it was arid (arid = dry)
Irrigation was needed...because there wasn't enough/consistent rainfall. 
200
Which of the following is the effect?
a) Settlements
b) Agriculture
Answer: settlements
Once humans began to farm and grow their own food, they became tied to a specific location
200
Which happened first?
a) the domestication of cotton in Southeast Asia
b) hunting-gathering in North America
c) the domestication of wheat in the Middle East
d) the domestication of cattle in Africa
b) hunting-gathering in North America
Hunting-gathering before any domestication occurred!
300
Which of the following is not a domesticated animals?
a) cat
b) deer
c) dog
d) pig
b) deer
300
Which of the following is the cause?
a) Humans began herding animals and planting seeds
b) Farming communities began
- Humans began herding animals and planting seeds
300
Which of the following happened first?
a) The desertification in northern Africa
b) domestication of wheat in the Middle East
c) domestication of chickens in China
b) domestication of wheat in the Middle East
400
We have been the following for ____ of our history:
a) 5% b) 25%
c) 50% d) 95%
a) 5%
95% we have been hunter-gatherers
400
Which of the following is the effect?
a) Farmers grow more food than they needed
b) People became free to specialize and work other jobs other than growing food
- People became free to specialize and work other jobs other than growing food
Humans now had time to do things other than worry about just survival
500
Which of the following is not a part of agriculture?
a) Collecting berries in a forest
b) Breeding chickens for egg production
c) Growing rice in flooded fields
d) Raising goats for milk and meat
a) collecting berries in a forest
agriculture involves controlling/manipulating nature
Producing food, not just finding food
500
Which of the following is the cause of the other?
- Settlements
- Agriculture
Agriculture led to settlements
500
What happened first?
a) earliest cities
b) domestication of dogs
c) domestication of sheep
d) domestication of wheat
b) domestication of dogs
In general, animal domestication, especially dogs occurred way before any farming began