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12 multiple-choice questions and 9 flashcards on Early Human Societies and the Agricultural Revolution, about 8% of the 6th Grade Social Studies bank. Every one carries a written rationale.
Early Human Societies and the Agricultural Revolution is one of 6 chapters in CoStudy's 6th Grade Social Studies bank, and it holds 12 of the bank's 150 multiple-choice questions — roughly 8% of the total. That proportion is not arbitrary: chapters follow the certifying body's published exam outline, and the number of questions in each is set by that domain's published weight, so the share of your practice time this chapter takes matches the share of the real exam it accounts for.
Studying by chapter is worth doing once you have a diagnostic score. A single overall percentage tells you whether you are close; it does not tell you which domain is dragging. Working a weak chapter in isolation, and re-testing it in isolation, is the fastest way to move a score that has stalled — and it is why the mock exams in CoStudy report by domain rather than as one number.
3 questions drawn from this chapter, with the full rationale shown — the controlling principle behind the right answer, and why each wrong option tempts and fails.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to the human transition from:
Answer: B — Hunting-gathering to agriculture and settled life — about 10,000 BCE — enabling permanent villages, surplus food, and the rise of complex societies
Defining transition in human history. (A) inverts; (C), (D) misread.
Why did early civilizations develop near rivers?
Answer: C — Rivers provided water, fertile soil for crops, transportation routes, and a renewable food source (fish) — enabling sustained agriculture and the population growth that led to civilization
River geography drove agricultural civilization. (A), (B), (D) misread.
A primary effect of the Neolithic Revolution was:
Answer: C — A shift from hunting/gathering to farming, enabling permanent settlements and surplus food
C) Agricultural shift transformed human life. A) Tools advanced, not disappeared. B/D) Opposite of what happened.
4 cards from the 9 in this chapter.
What is 'globalization'?
The growing connection of economies and cultures across the world through trade, communication, travel.
What was the 'Neolithic Revolution'?
Around 10,000 BCE, humans transitioned from hunting/gathering to farming and herding. Led to settlements and civilization.
What is the 'savanna' biome?
Tropical grassland with scattered trees. Found in Africa — home to lions, elephants, giraffes.
What is 'specialization' in economics?
When people, regions, or countries focus on what they make best — and trade for the rest.
These are a sample. The full Early Human Societies and the Agricultural Revolution chapter runs 21 items with per-chapter progress tracking, on the web and in the iOS app.
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