Agriculture - AP World History: Modern

During the Edo period, technological developments that allowed for higher rice yields allowed for population growth. Additionally, the lack of warfare as a result of Tokugawa control of the whole country prevented large-scale death as a result of war.

The Irish Potato Famine had significant repercussions in the 19th century. It drove millions of Irish immigrants to America in search of prosperity, and created the deep-seated bitterness to England (for not providing support) that would cause violent tension for the next century.

The Green Revolution refers to a series of agricultural innovations from the late 1940s to the 1960s which dramatically increased the amount of food that could be produced by humanity. It is estimated that due to the innovations of the Green Revolution an additional one to two billion humans can be supported by the global food supply.

It is true that since the Green Revolution, global food supply has increased dramatically, but it is also true that the global population has exploded. There were 2.5 billion people alive in 1950 when the Green Revolution was just getting started. There are now more than 7 billion people. The global supply of food has increased, but not enough to combat the massive population growth. As a result, hundreds of millions of people still live in abject poverty and have inadequate access to food and water.

The Green Revolution is the name given to a series of agricultural innovations in the middle of the twentieth century the greatly increased the productivity of farms, particularly in the developing world. The Green Revolution had its greatest impact in the 1960s. It is estimated that an additional one to two billion humans alive today are sustained because of the Green Revolution.

The Grand Canal was built in China during the Sui and Tang dynasties. The purpose of the Grand Canal was to connect the Yellow and Yangtze rivers.

Agrarian societies came as a result of the development of agriculture. People abandoned nomadic tendencies and settled down to form cities of family units. It allowed people to grow their own food, and no longer be forced to hunt constantly. You could have solved this problem, even if you were not specifically aware of the answer, through logic: agrarian practices require cultivation and maintenance of land over a growing season, nomadic lifestyles fundamentally rule that process out.

The Neolithic agricultural revolution did entail political changes in human society, but the nation-state concept did not arise for another years.

Whereas prior human generations lived nomadic lifestyles, agriculture requires permanent settlements. The burgeoning human population, the result of a food surplus, settled into towns and villages where a segment of the population did not cultivate plants or animals but rather worked as artisans in a process of economic specialization.

The main difference between the paleolithic and neolithic periods, originating in Mesopotamia but quickly spreading to Egypt and beyond was the domestication of wheat, barley, sheep, goats, and dogs. Not only did this lead to a food surplus in many communities, but it required settled societies rather than migrating bands of humans.

Both agriculture, and animal husbandry, mark the difference between the paleolithic and neolithic.

The advent of writing marks the difference between history and prehistory, not the paleolithic and neolithic.

Horses and oxen are larger, more powerful animals and were not domesticated until later.

Large carnivores, such as lions, are not easily domesticated; they're expensive, requiring huge amounts of meat per day, and remain highly dangerous to their owners even years after being domesticated, and even if they've been born in captivity.

The Paleolithic Era refers to the history of humanity before the Agricultural Revolution. Humans in Paleolithic societies used stone and wood tools, manipulated fire, and spoke to one another in rudimentary languages. The domestication of animals, however, did not take place until the Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution.

The Neolithic Revolution is another name for the Agricultural Revolution. The Neolithic Revolution is perhaps the greatest and most important shift in human history. It led to the development and growth of agriculture, the establishment of permanent settlements, and the emergence of cities. It took place approximately 10,000 years ago.

The Neolithic Revolution is another name for the Agricultural Revolution - when humans first established permanent agricultural settlements. It led to a surplus of food, which in turn allowed some individuals to pursue artistic or cultural work. It also led to the development of cities and of an organized writing system. Finally, it led to the emergence of political and social hierarchies as some people accumulated wealth and power.

The Old Kingdom of Egypt began circa 2,700 BCE and lasted until 2,200 BCE. The Old Kingdom is the period of Egyptian history that most people think of when asked about Ancient Egypt. Egyptian society was ruled by Pharaohs who had absolute power over their subjects. The famous pyramids of Giza were built during this time period. The Old Kingdom ruled for five hundred years before a series of crop failures led to a catastrophic decline.

Sheep were the first animals to be domesticated, over eight thousand years ago, at the same time as the Neolithic Revolution was taking place. They were first domesticated in modern-day Iraq - so the correct answer is the Middle East.

Fire improved the diet of early humans. It allowed humans to cook meat as opposed to eating it raw, which killed dangerous bacteria that would have otherwise been present in the food. Fire also allowed humans to cook dry meat to preserve, creating a surplus of food that did not previously exist. Humans could also use fire to clear fields and improve fertility of land, allowing them to harvest more crops.

While all of the answer choices are significant to human history, agriculture changed the history of humankind the most dramatically because it allowed people to settle in one place, which before 8000 BCE was not something that humans were capable of doing.

Yu the Great is considered to be the (somewhat legendary) founder of the Xia Dynasty and of the Chinese state. Yu the Great might best be understood as a reforming bureaucrat. His state building efforts were primarily concentrated on combating and preventing the flooding of the Yellow River. In organizing the population to resist the advances of the seasonal floods, Yu helped found the Chinese state.

Horses were first domesticated on the great Eurasian steppes of Central Asia approximately six thousand years ago. The domestication of the horse had a profound impact on the nature of human development - particularly in terms of agriculture, transportation, and warfare.

Sheep were the first animals to be domesticated for food, approximately eight thousand years ago. The domestication of animals like sheep and pigs has been instrumental to the growth of human society.