History Alive Lesson 3 Sections 4-6

Why were communities small during Paleolithic times?

• People lived in small groups because their homes didn't fit many people
• People lived in small groups of 20-60 people because they were always moving from place to place in search of food.

How did community living help Neolithic people become better organized?

• They lived in communities, so they could do more hard work.
• They lived in larger communities, so they could divide up the work.

What advantage did Neolithic people get from working together in communities?

• Working together allowed them to finish tasks faster.
• Working together allowed them to become friends.
• Working together made them argue and not be productive.
• Working together allowed them to finish tasks slower.

The establishment of communities were important for every reason except: 

• People showed poor teamwork and needed to learn a lesson.
• Population increased. 
• People could defend themselves more easily.
• People had more time to make life more comfortable and much safer.

What was the most important job in the lives of Paleolithic people?

• Their most important job was to harvest their crops.
• Their most important job was to find food for survival.

What were some of the specialized jobs of the townspeople of Catal Hoyuk?

• hunting, gathering, and fighting
• advertising and engineering
• weaving, basket making, toolmaking, and trading
• hunting and weaving

Why did Neolithic people decide to decorate pottery and polish stones?

• They wanted to develop talents.
• They were bored.
• They had more time to decorate pottery and polish stones to make their lives more beautiful.
• They had less time and didn't want to pay other people to do this.

Neolithic people developed different jobs. What was the effect of this specialization?

• To inspire workers to improve their skills.
• To avoid having too many people being stoneworkers.
• To inspire workers to be traders.
• To avoid having too many people being basket weavers.

What is trade?

• something that can be used to fulfill a need
• the business of buying and selling or exchanging items
• one who moves from place to place
• to train a wild animal to be useful to humans

What is a resource?

• something that can be used to fulfill a need
• the business of buying and selling or exchanging items
• one who moves from place to place
• to train a wild animal to be useful to humans