HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

GENERAL AGRICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
One thing that occurred, or happened, during the New Stone Age that helped people grow plants for food was-
A
a climate change
B
a growing interest in pottery
C
archaeologists taught survival skills
D
migration around the world
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Earth entered a warming trend around 14, 000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age. Some scientists theorize that climate changes drove the Agricultural Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -Homes became permanent. People learned to grow their own crops, rather than search for wild berries and grains. The raising of crops and animals is called agriculture. The people of the New Stone Age also learned how to train animals to be useful to humans.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Neolithic Revolution-also referred to as the Agricultural Revolution-is thought to have begun about 12, 000 years ago. It coincided with the end of the last ice age and the beginning of the current geological epoch, the Holocene.

Detailed explanation-4: -Climate changed dramatically during the Stone Age, from warmer than today to much colder. There were a number of ice ages, where glaciers expanded down from the north and sometimes covered much of Britain, making it impossible to live there.

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