Neolithic Era Test

What is the Neolithic Era?

• The old stone age when people foraged for a living.
• The bronze age when people learned to make metal tools.
• The new stone age when some people began early agriculture and domestication of plants and animals.

Adapting wild plants and animals for human use is known as

• The Agricultural Revolution
• Domestication
• Prehistory
• Nomadic

During the Agricultural Revolution, where was change happening faster?

• Africa
• Where populations were more dense
• Where populations were smaller
• Antarctica

During the Agricultural Revolution, where was change happening more slowly?

• Asia
• Where populations were more dense
• Where populations were smaller
• Antarctica

How do domesticated species benefit from being domesticated? Check ALL that apply.

• Humans help them reproduce
• Humans beat them
• Humans protect them
• Humans eat the animals

What are some possible problems for early farmers? Check ALL that apply.

• Predators
• Diets had less variety and may have been less healthy.
• Famine was a possibility.
• Farming was easier and less work.
• Farming was stressful and more work.

Homes in early farming villages were

• large
• permanent
• temporary
• tee pees

How is society different from foraging to farming?

• Throughout history both groups lived in city-states.
• Foraging groups were smaller and farmers lived in larger groups.
• Foraging groups ate meat and famers didn't.

Why might agriculture have happened earlier in S.W. Asia and later in the Americas?

• Asia is farther North.
• Humans in the Americas were less adaptive.
• Asia had more easily domesticated species available like wheat and cattle.
• The Americas had wheat and horses first.

People who have lots of resources in their environment so they don’t need to move around to find food are called...

• Influencers
• Hominids
• Affluent Foragers
• Europeans