Question

How did agriculture change the world?

Write a paragraph that includes at least 3 ways that agriculture changed the world. Be sure to use an introduction/claim and 3 specific reasons in your response. Include logical connections explaining how agriculture led to civilization.



A good answer would use some of our key terms like: surplus, domestication, scarcity, specialization, population, barter, civilization.

Answer 1

Agriculture also enabled trade relations between different regions and groups of people, paving the way for the advancement of societies, sharing of ideas and resources, and an explosion in the global population. Farming allowed humans to form permanent settlements and abandon their nomadic ways. Humans shifted from hunting and gathering models to fixed farming villages. As populations increased due to the increased surplus of food, urban areas surfaced. The surplus of food also led to developments that spawned civilization. Agriculture contributes to a number larger of environmental issues that cause environmental degradation including: climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, dead zones, genetic engineering, irrigation problems, pollutants, soil degradation, and waste.

Answer 2

The agricultural revolution changed our species and our planet. As bands of hunter-gatherers began domesticating plants and animals, they quit the nomadic life, building villages and towns that endured for thousands of years

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