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?

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

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

   • The chart has a spelling mistake
   • It began in exactly 7000 BCE
   • It was settled twice by the same family
   • Scholars disagree about when it began
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
   • Çatalhöyük probably traded with distant places
   • The town was built of sea shells
   • 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 and managed some animals
   • Pens show the town sold meat abroad
   • The animals there were fully tame, like pets
   • People kept no 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 grew no crops
   • Some farming began there, and some came from the west
   • Mehrgarh taught farming to Çatalhöyük
   • 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?

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

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

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

   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
   • To sell each kind to Mehrgarh
   • Because one kind was not edible
   • To feed wild animals
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 "wide" to "stone"
    • Leave it: towns have streets
    • Change "houses" to "tents"
11. 10.

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

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