What is the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and settlement called?

• A. Neolithic Revolution
• B. Industrial Revolution
• C. Agricultural Revolution
• D. Digital Revolution

Answer: (A)

The transformation from hunting and gathering to farming and settled life is known as the Neolithic Revolution. This shift marks the move to producing food through agriculture and domesticating animals, which enabled people to settle in one place, build communities, and develop new tools, technologies, and social structures. With farming came food surpluses, population growth, and the beginnings of villages and eventually civilizations, along with specialization of labor and long-distance trade.

Other major revolutions refer to different times and changes: the Industrial Revolution centers on mechanization and factories in the modern era; the Digital Revolution highlights the rise of computing and information technology; the Agricultural Revolution is sometimes used to describe farming changes in specific regions or periods, but it isn’t the most precise term for the global shift to farming and settlement that characterizes the Neolithic era.