Settlement Patterns and Types
Grade 6•45 minutes
Learning Objective
I can describe different types of settlements, like villages and cities.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Describe the main difference between how early humans obtained food as hunter-gatherers versus how people in early villages obtained food. How did this difference impact their settlement patterns?
2. What advancements in agriculture allowed semi-permanent villages to become permanent settlements? Explain how these advancements led to this change.
3. Explain how food surpluses contributed to the development of cities.
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