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Ch. 3 - from hunters to farmers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose of animals used for domestication -

a)

for milk

b)

wool and skin

c)

invention of wheel

d)

agricultural work

2.

Who is a nomad?

a)

Someone who farms and gathers food

b)

Someone who moves around from place to place

c)

Someone who settles down in one place

d)

Someone who hunts animals.

3.

The later part of the Stone Age lasted from around 8,000 B.C.E. to 3,000 B.C.E. What is it called ?

a)

Iron Age

b)

Paleolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Middle Stone Age

4.
What was the greatest benefit when people began farming?
a)
they had more time to relax
b)
they had better-tasting food
c)
they had a stable food supply
d)
they had enough water for crops
5.

Historians divide the Stone Age into the Paleolithic Age, the Mesolithic Age and the --

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Paleolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Middle Stone Age

6.

1 difference between paleolithic and Neolithic Age

a)

The man was a nomad in the paleolithic age and man lived a sedentary life in the Neolithic age

b)

The man in the paleolithic age knew pottery making and the man in Neolithic age did not know pottery-making

c)

Man clothed himself with animal skin in the Neolithic age and weaved clothes for himself in the paleolithic age.

d)

Man was a scavenger in the paleolithic age and was a food-gatherer in the neolithic age

7.

True or False?

Neolithic people knew how to grow crops and built shelters

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Fill in the blank

in the Neolithic Age people started to ________ and produce their own food

a)

sit

b)

hunt

c)

farm

d)

sleep

9.

When did the earliest agricultural settlement in the Indian sub-continent see gradual shift to cultivation of food crops and domestication of animals from dependence on wild animals ?

a)

8000 BCE

b)

700 BCE

c)

7000 BCE

d)

6500 BCE

10.

The Neolithic culture of the northeast region in India is characterized by ?

a)

Shouldered Celts

b)

small ground axes

c)

Quartz Particles

d)

Wheels and goats

e)

Animal bones

11.

When did Neolithic Age begin ?

(a)  

12.

In 5000 BCE many agricultural villages had been found in Baluchistan

a)

False

b)

True

13.

Sir John Lubbock made the book Neolithic times.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Sir John Lubbock first suggested the Term 'Neolithic' in 1875

a)

False

b)

True

15.

What led to the invention of wheel

a)

Making of pottery

b)

Making of weaving

c)

Making of spinning

d)

Making of grain