Unit 1 2023/24 Paleolithic-Neolithic, Fields of Study

What is one of the key characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies during the Paleolithic Era?

• Permanent settlements

• Advanced tools

• Nomadic lifestyle

• Pottery making

What do archaeologists study to understand past cultures?

• Human remains

• Social Hierarchies

• Settlements

• Artifacts

Which scientific test is used by archaeologists to analyze fossils and artifacts?

• Sonar

• Carbon dating

• Gastroscopy

• Linguistic analysis

Which archaeological site in England was begun during the Neolithic Age and completed during the Bronze Age?

• Jericho

• Aleppo

• Çatalhöyük

• Stonehenge

What is the term for the study of ancient human life through the examination of artifacts and structures left behind?

• Anthropology

• Archaeology

• History

• Geology

What significant change in human lifestyle occurred during the Neolithic Revolution?

• Shift from hunting-gathering to agriculture

• Development of spoken language

• Cave Art

• Discovery of fire

A larger Neolithic site in modern-day Turkey. It dates back to about 7,200 B.C. and may have had a population of 6,500 people. The village included hundreds of rectangular mud-brick houses all connected and all about the same size.

• Mesopotamia

• Jericho

• Towson

• Catalhuyuk

What continent is letter C?

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• Australia

• South America

Aleppo and Jericho are archaeological sites in

• The Fertile Crescent
• Anatolia
• England

What physical feature did neolithic people MOST likely settle near?

• Deserts
• Oceans
• Mountains
• Rivers