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Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are nomads?

a)

people that farm

b)

tribal people

c)

people that move from place to place following their food

d)

people that only eat fish

2.

What were the roles of men and women?

a)

Men hunted; women gathered

b)

Men were stay-at-home dads; women were workers

c)

Women hunted; men gathered

d)

Women were stay-at-home moms; men were workers

3.

What innovation did early humans make that marked the start of the Neolithic Era?

a)

Anthropology

b)

Better stones

c)

Discovery of fire

d)

Agriculture

4.

What was one change that occurred due to the Agricultural Revolution of the Neolithic Era?

a)

Food got cheaper

b)

Travel got expensive

c)

people began to settle into larger settlements

d)

More wars

5.

Why did populations grow in the Neolithic Era?

a)

access to more reliable food

b)

good farmers

c)

economic prosperity

d)

not enough hospitals

6.

Paleolithic people first used tools made of

a)

bronze

b)

copper

c)

sticks, stones and tree branches

d)

flint

7.

The homes in Çatalhöyük had doors on their roofs instead of at the front of their homes.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The land bridge connected which two continents?

a)

North America and Europe

b)

North America and Asia

c)

North America and South America

d)

North America and Africa

9.

How did people first communicate with one another?

a)

An alphabet

b)

An alphabet and physical gestures

c)

Physical gestures and writing

d)

Sounds and physical gestures

10.

What is being shown in this image?

a)

systematic agriculture

b)

domestication

c)

specialization

d)

nomads

11.

This would have been a shelter for which type of person?

a)

Neolithic

b)

Paleolithic

c)

Creolithic

d)

None of the above

12.

Well-built, permanent homes were characteristic of which period?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Neolithic

13.

The era known as "The Prehistoric Period" consists of which two periods of history?

a)

Ancient Period and Bronze Age

b)

Modern Era and Neolithic Revolution

c)

Paleolithic Era and Neolithic Era

d)

Jurassic period and Triassic Period

14.

What is another term for the Paleolithic Era?

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Classical Era

c)

Hellenistic Era

d)

Stone Age

15.

Why is this period of time known as the Stone Age?

a)

People preferred using stones to build shelter

b)

Everybody lived in caves

c)

Tools were mostly made from stone

d)

The climate was always cold

16.

Which was NOT one of the main roles of women during the Stone Age?

a)

cooking food

b)

hunting wild animals

c)

taking care of young

d)

gathering plants and berries

17.

The period of time before written history is known as __________.

a)

B.C.

b)

ancient history

c)

prehistory

d)

B.C.E.

18.

"To tame plants and animals."

a)

nomad

b)

domesticate

c)

migrate

d)

agriculture

19.

What does Paleolithic mean?

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

20.

What does Neolithic mean?

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

21.

What was the main role women played in Paleolithic society?

a)

Women gathered wild plants for food.

b)

Women hunted animals for food.

c)

Women planted seeds for food.

d)

Women domesticated animals for food.

22.

Wheat and barley are among the first crops developed during the __________ Era

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Neolithic

23.

Farming villages like Jericho and Çatalhöyük existed in the ___________________.

a)

Paleolithic Era

b)

Neolithic Era

24.

During the __________________, the water level of the oceans was lowered, which exposed a land bridge from Asia to North America.

a)

Ice Age

b)

Neolithic Period

c)

Paleolithic Period

d)

Nomadic Period

25.

With a surplus (extra) amount of food, people in the Neolithic area could do other tasks. Which word describes this?

a)

technology

b)

economy

c)

specialization

d)

shrine