Ch 1 and 2

An effect that farming had on the Stone Age was that people could

• Starve easily
• have permanent settlements

It was turning cold so hunter-gathers began to 

• Specialize
• Migrate
• Farm

Which best describes the nomadic lifestyle of the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) people?

• They lived in large villages, where they raised crops and livestock.

• They migrated from place to place

• They stayed in one place, living in caves and under rock shelters

• They lived in small villages and farmed the land

Fire was important for all of the following except.

• Warmth
• Cooking
• Light
• Farming

Another name for farming is ...

• Planting
• Settling
• Agriculture
• Nomad

Why was the early human society called "The Stone Age". (Choose all that apply.)

• They discovered that they could hit flint with another stone and pieces would break off.

• People threw iron weapons at each other to protect themselves.

• They made tools out of stone.

• They made weapons out of stone.

Before the Agricultural Revolution, the people's economy was

• Based on fishing

• Based on hunting and gathering food

• Based on long distance trade

The process of using plants and animals to make them more useful to humans is called 

• Specialization
• Domestication

The shift from food gathering to food producing is called

• Paleolithic Revolution

• Mesolithic Revolution

• Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution

What does interdependent mean?

• extra left over amount

• exchange of goods and services without using money

• tame a wild animal to keep as a farm animal

• people rely on each other for survival