Neolithic Test REVIEW & PRACTICE

What period in human history marked the beginning of farming and settlement?

• The Neolithic

• The Paleolithic

• The Old Stone Age

Which improvements led to food supplies increasing and becoming steadier, or more reliable?

• improved farming systems

• improved cave wall painting

• improved walking on two legs

How big were the first farms that Neolithic farmers used to work by themselves?

• Small

• Big

• Large

How much food did the first farmers produce on their farms?

• just enough to provide for their families

• enough to feed the neighboring cities

• enough to five of the nearest villages

What does “surplus” not mean?

• Extra of something

• Leftover

• Not enough

What did early farmers do with whatever surplus food they had after they fed their family?

• traded it

• put in the compost pile

• ate it

Groups of hunter-gatherers lived for short periods in areas with plenty of ________.

• natural resources

• snow-capped mountains

• sand and rocks

Which group of humans is credited with the start of agriculture as we know it today?

Which group of humans is credited with the start of agriculture as we know it today?

• Women

• Men

• Boy Scouts

Who began to plant seeds from wild crops to get more food?