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WorksheetsPaleo Neo
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
The time before the invention of writing?
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Prehistory
BCE
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of fire?
Light in the dark
Cooking
Keeps away mosquitos
Warmth
Social scientists believe that humans first lived in which continent?
North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
During the paleolithic age, early humans obtained food by
Shopping and stealing
Farming and herding
Hunting and gathering
Searching in caves
Which of the following was NOT a significant contribution of the paleolithic age
Making clothes from animal skins
Spoken language
Discovery and use of fire
Written language
What was one way animals were used during the paleolithic age?
The bones were used to make tools
The fat was used to lubricate their axles on their skateboards
The sinew was used as dental floss
Their bones were used as hair ties by the women to make gathering easier.
Historians describe fire as the first time man (humans) can control their environment. What is meant by this statement?
Early humans could now keep warm in a climate that was growing colder.
Early humans could now have better tasting meat
Early humans could now destroy a rival bands camp site
Early humans could now use fire to drive animals into pits
Many historians believe that animals were a popular subject in cave paintings because early humans believed animals had spirits. What religion did early humans practice?
Animism
Scientology
Christianity
Islam
Which of the following was a benefit of hunting in groups?
More men could carry a whole mammoth back to the camp
More men meant they could protect themselves against larger animals, therefore it was safer
More men meant they could take turns hunting when they got tired
More men meant they could have more perspective when they painted in the cave.
What does the term Neolithic Revolution mean?
The rapid change from hunting methods using spears and pitfalls
The quick spread of prehistoric people throughout the world
The change from hunting and gathering to farming and herding
The development of a new form of government
To historians today, the most important difference between the Paleolithic age and Neolithic age was
The way people got their food
The kind of art they made
The material used for tools
The way people made their tools
Which development of early people made it possible for them to settle in one place and develop villages?
Burying their dead
Food production
Specialization
Tool making
The neolithic revolution is perhaps the most significant turning point in all of human history. What are some of the benefits (good things) of the Neolithic Revolution? Check all that apply.
Increased population
Warfare
Longer life span
Specialization
Disease
The development of jobs or occupations during the Neolithic age because not everyone was needed to produce food.
Colonization
Imperialism
Specialization
Minimum wage
What is the biggest benefit to a settled agricultural society?
Better hunting grounds
Better hunting practices
Surplus (extra) food, causing an increased population and permanent settlements
An organized and complex government and religion
Decide when it happened first in the paleolithic age or neolithic age.....Planting and harvesting seeds of grain?
Paleolithic age
Neolithic age
Decide when it happened first in the paleolithic age or neolithic age.....Spinning thread and weaving cloth on a loom?
Paleolithic age
Neolithic age
Decide when it happened first in the paleolithic age or neolithic age.....Making jewelry of copper and gold
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Decide when it happened first in the paleolithic age or neolithic age.....Chipping a stone tool to cut up meat
Paleolithic age
Neolithic age
Which definition best describes the term Paleolithic age?
Old stone age
Small groups of people 10-40
A skilled worker / craftsman
Jobs or occupations
New stone age
Which definition best describes the term Neolithic age?
Old stone age
Small groups of people 10-40
A skilled worker / craftsman
Jobs or occupations
New stone age
Which definition best describes the term Band?
Old stone age
Small groups of people 10-40
A skilled worker / craftsman
Jobs or occupations
New stone age
Which definition best describes the term Specialization?
Old stone age
Small groups of people 10-40
A skilled worker / craftsman
Jobs or occupations
New stone age
Which definition best describes the term Artisan?
Old stone age
Small groups of people 10-40
A skilled worker / craftsman
Jobs or occupations
New stone age
Decide when it happened first in the paleolithic age or neolithic age.....using plows and looms
Paleolithic age
Neolithic age
