Question

Characteristics of the earliest agricultural revolution include all of the following EXCEPT ____________________.

• A. The slash and burn system
• B. Equal division of labor between men and women
• C. Weather resistant seeds
• D. Girding, or killing off weeds
• E. Constant movement to new soil

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Equal division of labor between men and women

While during the hunting-gathering stage the Humans had to equally work to gain food resources for consumption, the introduction to agriculture changed the society from egalitarian to unequal in terms of gender role. Agriculture meant less efforts to search and hunt for food sources and this led to women being limited to taking care of the family instead of working in the fields.