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

   Which town was settled first, Tala asks?

   • They began in the same year
   • We can't tell, since one date is debated
   • Mehrgarh, by about 100 years
   • Çatalhöyük, under either date for Mehrgarh
4. 3.

   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
   • The chart has a spelling mistake
   • Scholars disagree about when it began
5. 4.

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

   • Pens show the town sold meat abroad
   • People kept no animals
   • 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 copied its farming from the western lands, unchanged
   • Mehrgarh taught farming to Çatalhöyük
   • Mehrgarh grew no crops
   • Some farming began there, and some came from the west
7. 6.

   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
   • Roofs kept wild herds out
   • There were no streets between the houses
   • Front doors were not yet invented
8. 7.

   Çatalhöyük grew several kinds of wheat, which helped protect food supplies against crop failure. Why grow several kinds, Luz asks?

   • If one kind failed, others might still grow
   • Because one kind was not edible
   • To sell each kind to Mehrgarh
   • To feed wild animals
9. 8.

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

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

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

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

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

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