How did farming change how humans lived?

In this lesson we will learn about how humans settled down and began to farm. We'll look at how crops were planted and animals were domesticated, and how that changed life for early humans.

How did farming change how humans lived?

In this lesson we will learn about how humans settled down and began to farm. We'll look at how crops were planted and animals were domesticated, and how that changed life for early humans.

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Key learning points

  1. How people began setting up farms
  2. What was farmed
  3. The monuments that were built

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5 Questions

Q1.
When was Skara Brae discovered?
1850 BCE
Correct answer: 1850 CE
5,000 years ago
Q2.
Until about 12,000 years ago, Britain was connected to the rest of European mainland by a land bridge.
False
Correct answer: True
Q3.
When did Homo sapiens first evolve?
Around 2.5 million years ago
Correct answer: Around 300,000 years ago
Around 60,000 years ago
Around 65 million years ago
Q4.
There were no musical instruments during the Mesolithic era.
Correct answer: False
True
Q5.
Which of these was discovered at Skara Brae? Choose Three.
Correct answer: Bone necklaces
Books containing writing
Correct answer: Buildings, with many different rooms
Correct answer: Pottery
Thatched roofs made from straw.

7 Questions

Q1.
Another word for farming is:
Correct answer: Agriculture
Cambrian
Domesticating
Harvesting
Q2.
The Palaeolithic Era can be described as . . .
the Middle Stone Age.
the New Stone Age.
Correct answer: the Old Stone Age.
Q3.
The Mesolithic Era can be described as . . .
Correct answer: the Middle Stone Age.
the New Stone Age.
the Old Stone Age.
Q4.
The Neolithic Era can be described as . . .
the Middle Stone Age.
Correct answer: the New Stone Age.
the Old Stone Age.
Q5.
What was this tool used for?
An image in a quiz
Chopping down trees
Fighting other humans
Correct answer: Harvesting wheat
Hunting animals
Q6.
Which of these early humans do scientists believe was the first to make and use stone tools?
Homo erectus
Correct answer: Homo habilis
Homo heidelbergensis
Homo sapiens
Neanderthals
Q7.
After humans began farming, their diet became ...
Correct answer: less varied
more varied

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UnitHistory / Prehistoric Britain

History