Global History Midterm Review

Culture is 

• evidence of the past
• group's unique way of life
• fossils found 
• artifacts like jewelry 

Paleolithic is also known as

• Old Stone Age
• New Stone Age
• Metal Age
• Improved Age

Neolithic is also known as

• Old Stone Age
• New Stone Age
• Metal Age
• Rock Age

In the Paleolithic, people were

• farmers
• fisherman
• hunters and gatherers 
• construction workers

In the Neolithic, people developed

• Readings skills
• Hunting skills
• Agriculture
• Find food

Which best describes the nomadic lifestyle of the Paleolithic people? 

• They lived in large villages, where they raised crops and livestock.
• They migrated, or moved, from place to place
• They stayed in one place, living in caves and beneath rock shelters.
• They lived in small villages and farmed the land. 

What is the greatest change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures? 

• the shelters people used
• the way people got food for themselves
• the tools people used
• the clothes people wore 

What change in farming technology influenced the food supply? (hint: only one of these is a "technology" - created by humans) 

• more advanced tools 
• global climate change 
• rich, fertile soil 
• longer days 

Which statement best describes the Neolithic people? 

• They lived in caves or built simple shelters.
• They migrated from place to place to hunt animals for food.
• They could settle in one place because they had a reliable food supply. 
• They used simple tools made from stone.

Which statement best explains the greatest effect the emergence of agriculture had on early societies?

• The population steadily decreased.
• People were not able to specialize in just one trade. 
• Agriculture made it harder to find food. 
• The population steadily increased.