Compare and Contrast Early Humans (K)

Which of the following statements best compares and contrasts Paleolithic and Neolithic humans?

• Both Paleolithic and Neolithic humans used tools and lived in groups, but Paleolithic humans were hunter-gatherers while Neolithic humans practiced agriculture and settled in villages.

• Both Paleolithic and Neolithic humans built large cities and wrote complex languages, but only Neolithic humans used fire.

• Paleolithic humans practiced agriculture and lived in permanent homes, while Neolithic humans were nomadic hunter-gatherers.

• Neolithic humans lived in caves and hunted animals, while Paleolithic humans built houses and farmed crops.

What was a major difference between the lifestyles of Paleolithic and Neolithic people?

• Paleolithic people were nomadic hunter-gatherers, while Neolithic people settled in one place and farmed.

• Paleolithic people built large cities, while Neolithic people lived in caves.

• Neolithic people only ate meat, while Paleolithic people only ate plants.

• Neolithic people did not use any tools, while Paleolithic people invented the wheel.

Which development most contributed to the rise of permanent settlements during the Neolithic era?

• The beginning of agriculture

• The invention of writing

• The use of stone tools

• The discovery of fire

How did the roles of men and women change from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic period?

• In the Paleolithic period, both men and women hunted, but in the Neolithic period, men farmed and women gathered plants.

• In the Neolithic period, women became hunters and men became gatherers.

• In the Paleolithic period, men hunted and women gathered, but in the Neolithic period, both participated in farming and domestic tasks.

• In both periods, only men worked while women stayed at home.

What is the greatest change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures? 

• the shelters people used
• the way people got food for themselves
• the tools people used
• the clothes people wore 

The best way to describe the Paleolithic people and their way of life is by calling them 

• artifacts
• hominids
• nomads
• prehistoric