The Deliberate Planting and Cultivation of Crops   and the Domestication

question 59

Multiple Choice

The deliberate planting and cultivation of crops   and the domestication of animals directly led to all of the following EXCEPT

• A)a shift of population to larger, more permanent villages.
• B)an awareness of private property and the rise of a ruling elite that possessed wealth and wielded power.
• C)increasingly egalitarian and isolated communities.
• D)technological inventions such as pottery, copper and bronze implements, the wheel, and the sail.
• E)a new tempo of life including considerable toil, routine, and loss of personal freedom.

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