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Multiple choice social studies from hunting - gathering to growing food from gathering to growing food community decision making in a tribe lifestyle of early human

State whether the sentence is true (T) or false (F).
Sheep and goat are more comfortable in dry, hilly environments, than cattle are.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In nature, sheep, and goats live in secluded mountain grasslands where they spend the vast majority of their time grazing the diverse landscape. 

Multiple choice social studies from hunting - gathering to growing food from gathering to growing food community decision making in a tribe lifestyle of early human

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given.

Which of these is the correct order of what early man did?

  1. Hunter $\rightarrow$ gatherers skilled $\rightarrow$ gatherers $\rightarrow$ herders
  2. Herders $\rightarrow$ skilled $\rightarrow$ gatherers $\rightarrow$ hunter $\rightarrow$ gatherers
  3. Skilled-gatherers $\rightarrow$ herders $\rightarrow$ hunter $\rightarrow$ gatherers
  4. Skilled-gatherers $\rightarrow$ hunter $\rightarrow$ gatherers $\rightarrow$ herders
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Some of the earliest people who lived here were skilled gatherers, — that is, people who gathered their food. They knew about the vast wealth of plants in the surrounding forests, and collected roots, fruits, and other forest produce for their food. They also hunted animals.

herders keep migrating from one location to another.

Multiple choice social studies from hunting - gathering to growing food from gathering to growing food community decision making in a tribe lifestyle of early human

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
The first animal to be tamed was _______.

  1. The goat as we know today

  2. The dog as we know today

  3. The dog's wild ancestor

  4. The goat's wild ancestor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 The first animal to be tamed was the wild ancestor of the dog because the dog is smaller in size and could be easily kept. Also, it is an intelligent animals when it is compared with other animals like goat, sheep and pig.

Firstly, studies indicate that an extinct Late Pleistocene wolf is the nearest common ancestor to the dog, with modern wolves not being the dog's direct ancestor. 

This Taymyr Peninsula wolf belonged to a population that had diverged from the ancestors of both modern wolves and dogs.

Multiple choice social studies from hunting - gathering to growing food from gathering to growing food community decision making in a tribe lifestyle of early human

Choose the correct option to complete the statements given below:
Grasslands led to an increase in

  1. animals that lived in water

  2. birds

  3. human beings

  4. animals that survive on grass
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

 Grassland degradation, also called vegetation or steppe degradation is a biotic disturbance in which grass struggles to grow or can no longer exist on a piece of land due to causes such as overgrazing, burrowing of small mammals, and climate change.

An increase in some small animal populations has led to some grasslands being degraded.

They claim that such burrowing aids in the recycling of nutrients in the soil and that the rise in population is only normal since grazing levels in these areas have also risen.