Unit 1: The Neolithic Age

Unit 1: Neolithic Age

Multiple Choice

What continent were the first humans found to have lived on?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

• North America

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the scientist who digs up artifacts from a site that is believed to be a tomb?

• geologist

• archaeologist

• astronomer

Multiple Choice

A person with no settled home is called a

• nomad

• artifact

• migration

Multiple Choice

A/An ________ is a human made object from a long time ago.

• teacher

• artifact

• culture

Multiple Choice

The movement of groups of people from one place to another is known as .....

• Irrigation

• Domesticate

• Migration

Multiple Choice

Time before written history

• Prehistory

• Post-history

• Living History

• Real history

Paleolithic to Neolithic Age

​Neolithic -- "New Stone Age"


The Old Stone Age ended when humans made a very important discovery.

Word Cloud

What do you think humans discovered to change how they lived?

Farming -- Agriculture

Agriculture is another word for farming. It includes both growing crops and raising animals, or livestock. Agriculture provides the food and many raw materials that humans need to survive.

Multiple Select

Agriculture has to do with (pick 2)

• farming

• domesticating animals

• shopping

• trading

• building

• ​Domestication is the process of changing wild plants and animals for human use.

• Domestic animals are raised for food, work, clothing, and many other uses.

• Domesticated plants and animals must be raised and cared for by humans.

Domestication

Multiple Choice

Domestication is:

• training animals to live with humans

• letting animals live alone in the wild

Categorize

Options (8)

c

Organize these animals into domesticated or wild.

Domesticated

Wild

Multiple Choice

Why did humans domesticate dogs?

• to provide a steady food source

• to help with hunting

• to make it easier to produce clothing

• to use for farm labor

Categorize

Options (4)

Organize these plants into domesticated or wild.

Domesticated

Wild

​Farming leads to settling in one place

• ​a settled life provided security and protection from weather and wild animals

• ​steady food supplies created healthier, growing populations

• ​more workers became available as the population grew so more people could work

• ​more food was produced than what was needed, so people could then trade their food for supplies

Drag and Drop

During the Neolithic Age the population of people ​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

increased

decreased

remained constant

migrated

Life during the Neolithic Age

• ​since there was a surplus amount of food produced, less people were needed in the field

• ​Neolithic people began to take part in activities other than farming, and specialized in other areas of work:

  • ​artisans or skilled workers made weapons and jewelry

  • ​made pottery from clay to store grain and food

  • ​made baskets and clothing from plant fibers

• ​artisans also traded their goods they produced

Multiple Choice

A surplus is:

• an extra amount

• farming

• animals

• not enough

As people settled down to farm during the Neolithic Age, they built shelters that were more permanent.

Making Permanent Shelters

​Above: Paleolithic shelter; Below: Neolithic shelter

Multiple Choice

During the Neolithic Era, people lived in

• caves

• permanent homes

• tents

In many areas, people used mud bricks, packed together, to build houses.

These houses had openings high in the walls. Historians believe that people may have climbed ladders to reach the openings and enter the house.

Multiple Choice

What material was primarily used by early people to build houses in many areas?

• mud bricks

• wood
• stone
• metal

Neolithic houses made of packed mud helped people stay warm in winter and cool in summer. Notice the number of different rooms within one family’s home.

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Inside were several rooms that had places to store food built right into the floor. Pits for cooking were also dug into the floor and lined with clay. People may have filled the pits with water, dropping in hot stones to make the water boil for cooking.

Multiple Choice

What was a benefit of Neolithic houses made of packed mud?

• They were resistant to fire

• Enhanced aesthetic appeal
• Increased durability and strength
• They helped people stay warm in winter and cool in summer

The development of permanent shelters was important in several ways. Houses gave people protection from weather and wild animals and made life more comfortable. People could cook food in new ways. The long-lasting shelters enabled people to settle together in larger communities.

Categorize

Options (6)

Nomad

stayed in one place

hunted and gathered food

farmed for food

Cave art

jewelry and pottery

Organize these options into the right categories

Paleolithic - Old Stone Age

Neolithic -- New Stone Age

Reorder

Reorder the following

• PREHISTORY

  Paleolithic

  Old Stone Age

• PREHISTORY

  Neolithic

  New Stone Age

• HISTORY

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Multiple Choice

Neolithic means ___________________________.

• Old Stone Age

• New Stone Age

• Middle Stone Age

• Awesome in ancient Greek

Multiple Choice

The Neolithic Age began when _________________.

• people learned to sharpen arrow tips with fire.

• writing began.

• farming began.

• drawing began.