This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > History > Early > Early Agriculture – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Early Agriculture Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the word economy mean? A) The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services. B) Supply of something that can be used as needed. C) Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society. D) To change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful to humans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services. 2. What does the word civilization mean? A) Complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills. B) Set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world. C) Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society. D) The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills. 3. What first allowed early humans to be less nomadic? A) Fishing. B) Irrigation. C) Migration. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 4. What does Catolhoyuk mean or translate to? A) Old town. B) Land of the rivers. C) Modern Mansions. D) Forked Mound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forked Mound. 5. How did dividing up the work help communities produce more to meet their needs? A) Individuals developed a variety of skills. B) Villagers learned to make stone tools. C) Everybody did the same job. D) Most people enjoyed working alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individuals developed a variety of skills. 6. What does the word domesticate mean? A) To change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful to humans. B) People spend most of their time working at a single job or craft. C) The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services. D) Supply of something that can be used as needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful to humans. 7. Which one of the following is not a criteria of successfully domesticating animals? A) Small enough to feed and contain. B) The animal needs to be colorful. C) Must produce offspring. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The animal needs to be colorful. 8. Taming an animal for use by humans is called A) Technology. B) Specialization. C) Teaching. D) Domestication. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Domestication. 9. How did domestication of plants and animals affect early man? A) They could have pets. B) They could visit distant places. C) They could hunt and gather. D) They could stay in one place for a long time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They could stay in one place for a long time. 10. What does the word revolution mean? A) A complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living. B) To change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful to humans. C) People spend most of their time working at a single job or craft. D) More than people need to feed themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living. 11. Which one of these options did hunter-gatherers and settled farmers both have in common? A) Built cities to protect their surplus of food. B) Different roles for men and women. C) Would scare animals off cliffs to eat. D) Figured out how to make fire and tools out of a type of stone called flint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different roles for men and women. 12. What is one of the most important discoveries of early man? A) Electricity. B) Wheel. C) Bones. D) Fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fire. 13. As villages grew, they developed permanent homes and the concept of ownership. Labor became increasingly divided, and larger projects needed to be coordinated by leaders. What CENTRAL idea does this evidence support? A) The growth of farming communities meant that people lived closer together. B) The growth of early villages and cities led to less equality between men and women. C) The development of wealth changed the social structure of early villages and cities. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The development of wealth changed the social structure of early villages and cities. 14. Which of these dates was the longest ago? A) 2000 B.C. B) 2100 B.C. C) 2019 A.D. D) 1990 B.C.E. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2100 B.C. 15. Nomads had no ..... A) Food. B) Family. C) Settled home. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Settled home. 16. Where did the first civilizations rise? A) North America. B) Near a sea. C) Near rivers. D) Near mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Near rivers. 17. What does the word resource mean? A) More than people need to feed themselves. B) To change the growth of plants or behavior of animals in ways that are useful to humans. C) Supply of something that can be used as needed. D) Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supply of something that can be used as needed. 18. Why was the dicovery of bronze an important breakthrough at the end of the Neolithic Age? A) Bronze was stronger than copper. B) Bronze was more affordable than copper. C) Bronze was more attractive than copper. D) Bronze was more abundant than copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bronze was stronger than copper. 19. Which statement best explains the greatest effect the agricultural revolution had on early societies? A) People were not able to specialize in just one trade. B) Agriculture made it harder to find food. C) The population steadily decreased. D) The population steadily increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The population steadily increased. 20. Which best describes the nomadic lifestyle of the Paleolithic people? A) They lived in large villages, where they raised crops and livestock. B) They migrated, or moved, from place to place. C) They stayed in one place, living in sturdy homes. D) They lived in small villages and farmed the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They migrated, or moved, from place to place. 21. What was a negative effect of Neolithic people settling down? A) The gods they worshipped became angry they no longer hunted in their honor. B) The people ended up with more food than they knew what to do with. C) Improper care for the land and population growth led to deforestation and abandoned settlements. D) They weren't able to easily keep shelter during bad weather. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Improper care for the land and population growth led to deforestation and abandoned settlements. 22. What is the approximate age of the accient farming village of Catalhyuk? A) 1920. B) 5, 000 to 7, 000 years ago. C) 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. D) 1738. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8, 000 to 10, 000 years ago. 23. Neolithic villages grew larger and made it necessary to develop A) Art. B) Written language. C) Tools for hunting. D) A system of government (Monarchy). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A system of government (Monarchy). 24. Which is an example of an artifact? A) A Tyrannosaurus Rex. B) Skeleton of Lucy. C) Stone tools and pieces of pottery. D) A bone buried deep in the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stone tools and pieces of pottery. 25. What does the word specialization mean? A) People spend most of their time working at a single job or craft. B) The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services. C) Set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world. D) A complete change in ways of thinking, working, or living. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People spend most of their time working at a single job or craft. 26. Becoming an expert in a specific job or skill is considered? A) Systematic agriculture. B) Monarchy. C) Domestication. D) Specialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Specialization. 27. Paleolithic people moved from place to place in search of food. This is why they are called ..... A) Farmers. B) Immigrants. C) Settlers. D) Nomads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nomads. 28. Which statement best explains the greatest effect the emergence of agriculture had on early societies? A) People were not able to specialize in just one trade. B) The population steadily increased. C) Agriculture made it harder to find food. D) The population steadily decreased. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The population steadily increased. 29. The process of changing plants and animals for better use is called ..... A) Taming. B) Migration. C) Domestication. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Domestication. 30. What is the meaning of catalhyuk translated to? A) Bird on a tree. B) Impenetrable city. C) Closed quarters. D) Forked mound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forked mound. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEarly Agriculture Quiz 1Early Agriculture Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books