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Neolithic Revolution

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Neolithic Revolution is a turning point because...

a)

Historians love fancy words

b)

It changed human history FOREVER

c)

It continued habits from Paleolithic times

2.

The Neolithic Revolution is...

a)

When humans began migrating around the world

b)

When humans discovered fire

c)

When domestication of plants & animals began

3.

Domestication is...

a)

Breeding animals/plants for qualities you like

b)

Migration from Africa to Asia

c)

Cats & dogs

4.

SOCIAL life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...

a)

Surplus of food led to social classes, but before everyone was the same

b)

Food scarcity forced humans to be in small groups of hunter-gatherers

c)

Everyone was egalitarian

5.

POLITICAL life changed in the Neolithic Revolution because...

a)

Kings were at the top of the Social Hierarchy afterward

b)

Everyone remained equal

c)

Farming made people sick and die

6.

ECONOMIC life changed because of the Neolithic Revolution because...

a)

women and men remained equal

b)

People started to farm instead of hunt & gather

c)

Women became more powerful than men

7.

SEDENTARY life is...

a)

settled life- as in farms & civilizations

b)

nomadic life- as in migration from place to place

c)

pastoral life- as in herders or cowboys

8.

PATRIARCHY is

a)

Men have all the power

b)

Egalitarian/equal

c)

Who run the world? Girls!

9.

Specialization of labor is...

a)

People have different jobs

b)

Everyone farms so there is enough food

c)

Migration

10.

PASTORALISM is

a)

Hunter-gatherers- they follow animals to hunt & gather food

b)

Farmers- they stay in one place to harvest agriculture

c)

Herders- they move their cattle or sheeps from place to place to graze

11.

SURPLUS of food is...

a)

Extra food that can be used for storage & allows large populations

b)

Not enough food leading to starvation

c)

Just the right amount of food for survival