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How did the development of spoken language help Stone Age people?

• It made family groups more suspicious of outsiders.

• It allowed people to cooperate and perhaps make plans for the future.

• It created a new class of leaders.

• It enabled them to control fire.

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Why are the roots of the Neolithic Revolution traced to the development of farming?

• Farming provided more wealth than hunting and gathering.

• Farming taught people new skills necessary for planning cities.

• Farming allowed people to live in permanent villages year-round.

• Farming helped people to develop techniques for making stone tools.

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How did the social structure develop in settled farming villages during the Neolithic Revolution?

• Women formed and supervised a council of elders.

• Men taught young children survival skills.

• Women gained prestige as warriors and leaders.

• Men began dominating social, political, and economic life.

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What would be different about modern society if the Neolithic Revolution had not occurred?

• The human population would be much more numerous.

• All societies would be ruled by monarchs.

• People would not live in large towns and cities.

• People would not use tools to do work.

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The most likely reason Neolithic peoples formed governments was because they needed

to...

• organize large public works projects.

• fight strategic wars with global allies.

• promote new farming techniques.

• develop the new social class system.

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