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From Hunting-Gathering to growing crops

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How did hunter-gatherers get their food?
a)
steel traps
b)
hunting animals and gathering fruits and nuts
c)
farming
d)
the grocery store
2.
Which term BEST describes the lifestyle of hunter-gatherers?
a)
isolated
b)
nomadic
c)
reliable
d)
effortless
3.

What are nomads?

a)

early humans who only ate meat

b)

early humans who moved from place to place

c)

early humans who looked like apes

d)

people who live in the desert

4.
Hunter-Gatherer
a)
A member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals.
b)
A member of a group of people who move from place to place instead of living in one place all the time, usually to find food or follow animal herds.
c)
Humans domesticated plants and animals in this period which changed the way of life of communities which made the change.
d)
Art work made in prehistoric times. Most date from 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. The oldest are from about 32,000 years ago. Most archaeologists think they may have had a function for rituals.
5.
Archaeology is the study of __________?
a)
Africans
b)
African Americans
c)
Human life in the past.
d)
Human life in the Future
6.

Generally, they hunted wild animals, caught fish and birds, gathered fruits, roots, nuts, seeds, leaves, stalks and eggs.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Paleolithic people moved from place to place in search of food. This is why they were called....

a)

nomads

b)

famers

c)

immigrants

d)

settlers

8.
Why did early humans migrate around the world?
a)
They wanted to travel
b)
They were tired of the same places
c)
There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather
d)
There was not enough good schools
9.
Why did early humans migrate around the world?
a)
They wanted to travel
b)
They were tired of the same places
c)
There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather
d)
There was not enough good schools
10.

Ancient people moved from places to places, because of _________ .

a)

Seasonal changes

b)

Day and Night changes

c)

New Moon / Full Moon

11.

Who were the earliest humans?

a)

Hunter gatherers

b)

Farmers

c)

Cobblers

d)

Bakers

12.

why early people travel one place to another?

a)

IN SEARCH OF FOOD

b)

IN SEARCH OF SHELTER

c)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

d)

BOTH A AND B

13.

Why did hunter-gatherers move from place to place?

a)

In search of food

b)

In search of shelters

c)

Both a and b

d)

None of these

14.

Some animals move from place to place in search of smaller prey

a)

True

b)

False

15.

why early people travel one place to another?

a)

IN SEARCH OF FOOD

b)

IN SEARCH OF SHELTER

c)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

d)

BOTH A AND B

16.

Generally, they hunted wild animals, caught fish and birds, gathered fruits, roots, nuts, seeds, leaves, stalks and eggs.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Did Early man follow the movements of deer and cattle

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Deer and wild cattle, move from one place to another in search of grass and leaves.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Some animals move from place to place in search of smaller prey

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Old stone age is also known as :

a)

Neolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Paleolithic Age

d)

Chalcolithic Age

21.

The name of habitation site in Madhya Pradesh is -

a)

Hunsgi

b)

Kurnool

c)

Bhimbetka

d)

Inamgaon

22.

Which was the first animal to be tamed by early man?

a)

Cow

b)

Dog

c)

Goat

d)

Ox

23.

The houses of Mehrgarh were -

a)

Circular or square

b)

Square or rectangular

c)

Triangular or circular

d)

Circular or rectangular a

24.

Jadeite stone may have been brought from -

a)

Japan

b)

Pakistan

c)

Sri Lanka

d)

China

25.

Why Hunter-Gatherers used fire?

a)

To cook their food

b)

To scare away animals

c)

As a source of light

d)

All of these

26.

Burzahom is located in.................

a)

Punjab

b)

Maharashtra

c)

Rajasthan

d)

Kashmir

27.

Stone tools can also be used for, _________ .

a)

Making wheels

b)

Growing crops

c)

Scrape bark

28.

" Palaeo " means _________ and " Lithos " means_____

a)

Old , Stone

b)

New , Stone

c)

Middle , wood

29.

Which was not a way of storing grains in the early days?

a)

boxes

b)

woven baskets

c)

clay pots

d)

pits in the ground.

30.

A site in present-day Andhra Pradesh is …………………

a)

Hallur

b)

Mahagara

c)

Mehrgarh

d)

Burzahom

31.
"Storing Animals " meant
a)
storing animals in jars
b)
rearing animals as they were an important source of food.
32.
In a particular site the archaeologists discovered that humans were buried with goats!!
a)
True
b)
False
33.
A jadeite is a 
a)
character from Star Wars
b)
a stone that may have been brought from China
34.

Ancient people moved from places to places, because of _________ .

a)

Seasonal changes

b)

Day and Night changes

c)

New Moon / Full Moon

35.

Stone tools can also be used for, _________ .

a)

Making wheels

b)

Growing crops

c)

Scrape bark

36.

Ancient people used to chop wood and used as________ .

a)

Food

b)

Firewood

c)

Sources

37.

Bhimbetka is in present day________.

a)

Bihar

b)

Madhya Pradesh

c)

New Delhi

38.

Many of rock shelters are found in ________ valley.

a)

Kaveri

b)

Narmada

c)

Kodavari

39.

" Palaeo " means _________ and " Lithos " means_____

a)

Old , Stone

b)

New , Stone

c)

Middle , wood

40.

Around ________ years ago, major climatic changes happened in the world.

a)

10,000

b)

12,000

c)

2 million

41.

_______ is the process of growing plants and look after animals.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Invention

c)

Domestication

42.

Seeding --> Watering --> _______ --> Protection

a)

Scouring

b)

Weeding

c)

Seeding

43.

In Burzahom, present-day Kashmir, people built ______

a)

Pit-houses

b)

Flat-houses

c)

Roof-houses

44.

Who were the earliest humans?

a)

Hunter gatherers

b)

Farmers

c)

Cobblers

d)

Bakers

45.

To tame wild animals and breed them for human use

a)

Agricultural Revolution

b)

Domesticate

c)

Surplus

d)

Specialization

46.
How did hunter-gatherers get their food?
a)
steel traps
b)
hunting animals and gathering fruits and nuts
c)
farming
d)
the grocery store
47.

(i) The first animal to be tamed was ………………..

a)

the goat as we know today

b)

the dog as we know today

c)

the dog’s wild ancestor

d)

the goat’s wild ancestor.

48.
Daojali Hading is a site on the hills near this river.
a)
Ganga
b)
Bramhaputra
49.
In this place , people built pit houses which were dug into the ground with steps leading into them
a)
Burzahom
b)
Bhimbetka

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