ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why did farming lead to permanent villages?
A
people grew too much food to travel
B
people needed to build storage for crops
C
people needed to stay and tend their crops
D
people had to make pottery to hold fo
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When early humans began farming, they were able to produce enough food that they no longer had to migrate to their food source. This meant they could build permanent structures, and develop villages, towns, and eventually even cities.

Detailed explanation-2: -The surplus food that agricultural systems could generate allowed for people to live in larger, more permanent villages.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gordon Childe coined the term “Neolithic Revolution” in 1935 to describe the radical and important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements. The advent of agriculture separated Neolithic people from their Paleolithic ancestors.

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