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WorksheetsHistory Alive Lesson 3 Sections Intro-3
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where did the Stone Age get its name from?
a)
the stone tools prehistoric people made and used
b)
the stones prehistoric people threw at each other
c)
the statues prehistoric people made out of stone
d)
the type of farming prehistoric people did
2.
Historians divide the Stone Age into what two periods?
a)
Early Age & Middle Age
b)
Stone Age & Farm Age
c)
Paleolithic Age & Neolithic Age
d)
Hunting Age & Farming Age
3.
How did the Paleolithic people get their food?
a)
They roamed from place to place begging for food.
b)
They roamed from place to place hunting wild animals and gathering nuts, berries, and seeds.
c)
They farmed crops.
d)
They went to the food store in the nearest town to shop for their food.
4.
How did the Neolithic people get their food?
a)
They roamed from place to place hunting wild animals.
b)
They gathered nuts and seeds from plants they found when traveling.
c)
They learned how to raise animals and crops for food.
d)
They went to the food store in the nearest town to shop for their food.
5.
The shift from hunter-gatherers (food collectors) to farmers (food producers) is considered to be...
a)
one of the most important advances in human development
b)
one of the least important advances in human development
c)
a pretty cool advancement among historians
d)
a fun thing to read about in Social Studies class
6.
What is agriculture?
a)
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
b)
the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
c)
an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil
d)
one who moves from place to place with no permanent home
7.
What is a nomad?
a)
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
b)
the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
c)
an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil
d)
one who moves from place to place with no permanent home
8.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
a)
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
b)
the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
c)
an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil
d)
one who moves from place to place with no permanent home
9.
What is domesticate?
a)
to train a wild animal to be useful to humans
b)
the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
c)
an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia, with rich soil
d)
one who moves from place to place with no permanent home
10.
Gradually, hunter-gatherers became farmers.
What does gradually mean?
What does gradually mean?
a)
in no time
b)
over thousands of years
c)
over a couple of minutes
11.
What lifestyle did the Paleolithic people have?
a)
They wandered place to place, hunting animals and gathering plants for food.
b)
They settled in one place to farm.
c)
The Old Stone Age
d)
The New Stone Age
12.
What lifestyle did the Neolithic people have?
a)
They wandered place to place, hunting animals and gathering plants for food.
b)
They settled in one place to farm.
c)
The Old Stone Age
d)
The New Stone Age
13.
If Paleolithic people were nomads, where did they live?
a)
In modern-day homes
b)
In permanent shelters made of mud brick, stones, and tree branches
c)
In the Mediterranean Sea
d)
In caves and tents
14.
If Neolithic people were NOT nomads, where did they live?
a)
In modern-day homes
b)
In permanent shelters made of mud brick, stones, and tree branches
c)
In the Mediterranean Sea
d)
In caves and tents
15.
Many Neolithic settlements were located in the Fertile Crescent, east of the Mediterranean Sea, where the land was fertile. One town they built was called _________.
a)
Massapequa
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
Catal Hoyuk
d)
Paleolithic Age
16.
Once Neolithic settlements were made, people no longer had to focus on traveling and could now focus on what?
a)
Finding caves and gathering berries
b)
Building permanent shelters and making better tools
17.
During the Paleolithic Age, people obtained food by every way except:
a)
gathering wild plants.
b)
hunting wild animals.
c)
gathering nuts and berries.
d)
growing vegetables.
18.
How did the Neolithic people create a stable food supply?
a)
They discovered how to farm and domesticate animals.
b)
They discovered how to create permanent settlements.
c)
They created communities.
d)
They did not create a stable food supply.
19.
How were the Neolithic houses built?
a)
Houses were made of brick.
b)
Houses were made of mud mixed with stones and tree branches.
c)
Houses were tents and caves.
d)
Houses were made of lumber.
20.
Why were the shelters of the Paleolithic Age temporary shelters?
a)
They were temporary, because the people didn't like permanent shelters.
b)
They were houses made of mud brick.
c)
They were caves or rough, tent-like structures, because the people were nomads.
d)
They were farms.
21.
How did Neolithic people store and cook food?
a)
They went to All American and kept their food in their refrigerators.
b)
They kept food in the pantry and cooked food on the stove.
c)
They hunted wild animals and cooked them over a campfire.
d)
They dug a cooking pit in the floor and dug the food in the pits.
22.
Why was the development of permanent shelters important for Neolithic people?
a)
They were welcoming, warm homes for their people.
b)
They were able to store their gathered nuts and berries in one place.
c)
They were not important to the Neolithic people.
d)
They protected people from weather and animals, made life more comfortable, and allowed new ways to cook food.
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