Paleo/Neo Review

The Neolithic Revolution occurred when people discovered how to:

• Grow food and domesticate animals

• Trade with others in the same river valley

• Fight wars using metal weapons

• Make stone temples for religious ceremonies

Answer explanation

The Neolithic Revolution occurred when people discovered how to grow food and domesticate animals.

Which development led to the other three?

• Complex civilizations

• Surplus of food

• Division of labor

• Domestication of plants and animals

Answer explanation

The domestication of plants and animals led to the other three developments by providing a stable food source, allowing for the growth of complex civilizations, surplus of food, and the division of labor.

Which of the following best explains an immediate effect of the action illustrated in the painting?

• Childbirth limitations were put in place in order to keep the general population low.

• People returned to hunting and gathering because it was more efficient.

• Civilizations transformed into nomadic groups to herd domesticated animals.

• Humans had time to learn other skills as they waited for the crops to grow.

Which of the following physical features influenced the migration patterns of early peoples and led to the development of civilizations?

• Plateau

• Lake

• Coastline

• River valley

Which practice is closely associated with most ancient river valley civilizations?

• The use of irrigation systems

• Recording events in cave paintings

• Spreading monotheistic religious customs

• Developing democratic traditions

Answer explanation

The use of irrigation systems is closely associated with most ancient river valley civilizations as it allowed for efficient agriculture and settlement development.

The similarity of architecture is most likely due to the –

• Separation of individuals based upon their religion and race

• Reign of monarchs whose heritage comes from the same family

• Necessity of storing all of the harvest for the colder, winter months

• Diffusion of ideas as the two civilizations traded with one another

What is the term for the early period of human history when people began to farm and settle in one place?

• Neolithic Revolution

• Mesopotamia

• Monotheism

• Feudalism

The Neolithic Age starts after the ____________ Age.

• Mesolithic

• Minor Stone

• Middle Stone

• Paleolithic

Which statement best describes the Neolithic people? 

• They lived in caves or built simple shelters.

• They migrated from place to place to hunt animals for food.

• They could settle in one place because they had a reliable food supply. 

• They used simple tools made from stone.

Answer explanation

Neolithic people could settle in one place because they had a reliable food supply, allowing them to establish permanent settlements.

The Neolithic Revolution occurred when people discovered how to -

• grow food and domesticate animals

• trade with others in the same river valley

• fight wars using metal weapons

• make stone temples for religious ceremonies