Pre-AP: Pre-History (Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages)

Categorize the following ideas into which time period they best describe.

Groups:

(a) Paleolithic Age

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(b) Neolithic Age

• Small bands of people

• Civilizations begin

• Food Surplus

• Men Farm/ Women domesticate

• Nomadic

• Sedentary

• Climate change to warmer

• First to control fire

• Animal Husbandry and domestication of plants and animals

• Men Hunt/Women Gather

• Ice Age

• Egalitarian

• Patriarchal socities

Which Neolithic Revolution development led to the other three?

• Complex civilizations

• Food surplus

• Division of labor

• Patriarchal socities

Which is true about the Age of Agriculture based on this map? Choose all that apply.

• Agriculture happened on multiple continents

• Different areas of the world specialized in growing different crops

• Agriculture happened during the paleolithic age

• Most crops were grown in Australia and Oceania

Based on this map, where can human origins be traced back to?

• North Africa

• The Great Rift Valley (AKA East Africa)

• Asia

• The Americas

Which of the following is true based off the reading excerpt written in Jared Diamond's, "The Worst Mistake in Human History?" Choose all that apply.

• Paleolithic people have more free time than Neolithic people.

• Paleolithic people have better diets than Neolithic people

• Paleolithic people did not have social classes and gender inequalities like Neolithic people

• Paleolithic people worked longer and harder than Neolithic people.

   

Stored food, sedentary life and domestication of plants and animals are all characteristics of:

• Paleolithic people

• Neolithic people

• Pastoral people

Which of the following are types of NEOLITHIC COMMUNITIES? Choose all that apply.

• Agricultural civilizations

• Pastoral civilizations

• Chiefdoms

• Paleolithic civilizations

Categorize the descriptions to their correct Neolithic Community.

Groups:

(a) Agricultural

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(b) Pastoral

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(c) Chiefdoms

• Irrigation techniques
• Found in all parts of the world

• Crop rotation
• Relies on domesticated animals to survive

• Patriarchal

• Domestication of plants and animals

• Tribute systems
• Chiefs in charge

• Typically neighbors with agrarian people

• Seen in Oceania and the Americas

• Seen in the Afro-Eurasia world and not the Americas

• Seen in dry regions

• Ceremonial practices
• Growing food

• Typically egalitarian

• Nomadic herding
• Lineage seen in positions of power

Which age paved the way in allowing these innovations and characteristics to happen?

• The Paleolithic Age

• Pastoral Age

• Neolithic Age

• Industrial Age

Job specialization like black smiths, weavers, basket makers and bakers would be seen in which of the following ages?

• Industrial Age

• Bronze Age

• Paleolithic Age

• Neolithic Age