Question

Why were the people in early farming communities able to focus on different kinds of work? Question 2 options: they started trading with neighboring communities. Changing climate caused people to adapt. They began to domesticate wild animals. Improved farming techniques resulted in food surpluses. Save\?

Answer 1

The correct answer is: "they started trading with neighboring communities".

The first stage of an agricultural society is characterized by a subsistence agricultural economy, in which everybody in the community contributes to production activities. Once they are able to develop better farming techniques, the amount produced increases and production surpluses are generated. These surpluses are the amount that is not necessary for self-subsistence and that can be traded in exchange for other commodities.

When trade steps in, it means that there are different types of products in the economy. Division of labor and speacialization appear at this point, when different tasks need to be done to produce each good, and different people work on each of them. Some people continue doing the agricultural work, others are in charge of the trading activities, and some others become artisans which construct tools that continue improving the production techniques and generating more surpluses.