Paleolithic/Neolithic Unit Assessment MC

Humans had to hunt for food.

• Paleolithic
• Neolithic

Which is the old stone age?

• Paleolithic

• Neolithic

The new stone age began when people started to

• farm and produce their own food

• discovered fire

• started hunting and gathering

• learned to communicate with words

What led to the first permanent settlements?

• agriculture
• megaliths
• migration
• language

Which best describes the nomadic lifestyle of the Paleolithic people? 

• They lived in large villages, where they raised crops and livestock.
• They migrated, or moved, from place to place
• They stayed in one place, living in caves and beneath rock shelters.
• They lived in small villages and farmed the land. 

Which of the following would NOT apply to hunter gatherers?

• stone tools

• cave art

• fire

• domestication of animals

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.

What is the greatest, most significant change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures?

• the jobs people had

• the way people got food for themselves

• the tools people used

• the clothes people wore

Which of the following describes how the earliest humans (paleolithic) lived? 

• by hunting and gathering food
• by herding sheep and other live stock
• alone or in pairs
• in farming villages along streams and rivers

What does Neolithic mean?

• Old stone age
• New stone age