Why farming changed everything: villages, surplus and specialists

Grade 6 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

1. Read this first

   Two early farming towns

   Place	Dated to	Farming	Homes and work
   Çatalhöyük, central Türkiye	from about 7100 BCE, for more than 1,400 years	several kinds of domesticated wheat; cattle and sheep kept in pens	mud-brick houses packed together, entered through the roof; obsidian toolmaking
   Mehrgarh, Balochistan, Pakistan	7000 BCE or 5250 BCE (scholars disagree)	mostly barley, some wheat; zebu cattle domesticated there	a mud-brick farming village

2. 1.

   Which town's crops were mostly barley, Ren asks?

   • Mehrgarh
   • Neither town
   • Çatalhöyük
   • Both towns equally
3. 2.

   Why does the chart give two dates for Mehrgarh, Zee asks?

   • It began in exactly 7000 BCE
   • It was settled twice by the same family
   • Scholars disagree about when it began
   • The chart has a spelling mistake
4. 3.

   Obsidian tools from Çatalhöyük were probably traded for items such as Mediterranean sea shells. Which claim fits that evidence, Ari asks?

   • Çatalhöyük had no contact with others
   • The town was built of sea shells
   • Çatalhöyük probably traded with distant places
   • Çatalhöyük ruled the far-off Mediterranean coast
5. 4.

   At Çatalhöyük, archaeologists found animal pens and dung with cattle and sheep remains. Which claim fits, Bo asks?

   • People kept no animals
   • Pens show the town sold meat abroad
   • The animals there were fully tame, like pets
   • People kept and managed some animals
6. 5.

   Mehrgarh's barley and zebu cattle were domesticated there, but its wheat probably came from farther west. Which claim fits, Esme asks?

   • Mehrgarh taught farming to Çatalhöyük
   • Some farming began there, and some came from the west
   • Mehrgarh grew no crops
   • Mehrgarh copied its farming from the western lands, unchanged
7. 6.

   Obsidian toolmaking was a major industry at Çatalhöyük. What does that suggest, Jun asks?

   • Tools grew in the fields
   • The town grew no crops
   • Toolmakers were the rulers of the whole town
   • Some people spent their time making tools
8. 7.

   Çatalhöyük's houses were packed so tightly that the rooftops worked as streets. Why go in through the roof, Kira asks?

   • Rooftops stayed dry when it rained
   • Front doors were not yet invented
   • Roofs kept wild herds out
   • There were no streets between the houses
9. 8.

   Milo's note says, "Mehrgarh began in exactly 7000 BCE." Which fix is right?

   • Change "Mehrgarh" to "Jericho"
   • Change "7000" to "7000 CE"
   • Leave it: 7000 BCE is printed in the chart
   • Change it: scholars give 7000 or 5250 BCE
10. 9.

    Noah's note says, "Çatalhöyük had wide streets between its houses." Which fix is right?

    • Leave it: towns have streets
    • Change "houses" to "tents"
    • Change it: the rooftops worked as streets
    • Change "wide" to "stone"
11. 10.

    Pia's note says, "Mehrgarh's farmers grew mostly wheat." Which fix is right?

    • Change "wheat" to "barley"
    • Change "farmers" to "hunters"
    • Leave it: wheat came from the west
    • Change "Mehrgarh" to "Jericho"