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Chapter 3: Hunter-Gatherers and Agricultural Revolution

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the agricultural revolution?

a)

When animals were hunted.

b)

When the Neolithic people starting growing plants and rearing animals for food.

c)

Traveling from one place to another.

d)

Eating lunch with friends.

2.

Which of the following is an artifact?

a)

a fossilized skull of a homonin

b)

a spear point made of stone

c)

a footprint of a chimpanzee

d)

a dinosaur bone

3.

Which term describes music, language, clothing, and other aspects of human life?

a)

culture

b)

artifacts

c)

technology

d)

government

4.

Paleolithic people’s tools were made of what material?

a)

iron

b)

glass

c)

stone

d)

gold

5.

Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gatherers got food?

a)

raising animals such as goats

b)

making flour from wheat

c)

gathering fruits and nuts

d)

growing vegetables

6.

Why was the agricultural revolution significant in human history?

a)

People learned to work together to kill large animals.

b)

More people began living as nomads and were able to travel to better climates.

c)

People began living in smaller family groups and depending less on others.

d)

People became farmers and no longer had to depend on hunting and gathering.

7.

Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?

a)

They are always passed down orally from one generation to the next.

b)

They provide historians’ interpretations of past events.

c)

They are based on secondary sources.

d)

They give descriptions of events by a person who lived through them.

8.

What is migration?

a)

doing a back flip

b)

chewing with your mouth open

c)

movement from one place to another.

d)

a hunter-gatherer

9.

People who move from one place to another are called

a)

nomads

b)

mermaids

c)

hunters

d)

farmers

10.
Which best describes the nomadic lifestyle of the Paleolithic people? 
a)
They lived in large villages, where they raised crops and livestock.
b)
They migrated, or moved, from place to place
c)
They stayed in one place, living in caves and beneath rock shelters.
d)
They lived in small villages and farmed the land. 
11.
Which statement best describes hunters and gatherers?
a)
They followed animal herds and gathered fruits, berries, etc along the way.
b)
The tools they made from metal helped them to survive.
c)
They domesticated animals to help with daily activities. 
d)
They developed ways to bring water to their crops. 
12.
What did the hunters and gatherers have to develop before they could effectively work together? 
a)
tools 
b)
language 
c)
fire
d)
domestication of animals
13.
What was the most common reason in which ancient people chose to migrate, or move from place to place?
a)
They needed to find employment and an income
b)
To find resources such as food and shelter
c)
To explore the world.
d)
They needed to find better transportation.
14.
Which of the following would you most likely find in the Paleolithic Era?
a)
jewelry made of smooth stones
b)
farms
c)
 cave paintings
d)
domesticated animals
15.
What is the greatest change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures? 
a)
the shelters people used
b)
the way people got food for themselves
c)
the tools people used
d)
the clothes people wore 
16.
Which statement best describes the Neolithic people? 
a)
They lived in caves or built simple shelters.
b)
They migrated from place to place to hunt animals for food.
c)
They could settle in one place because they had a reliable food supply. 
d)
They used simple tools made from stone.
17.
Which statement best explains the greatest effect the emergence of agriculture had on early societies?
a)
The population steadily decreased.
b)
People were not able to specialize in just one trade. 
c)
Agriculture made it harder to find food. 
d)
The population steadily increased. 
18.
Which statement is true?
a)
During the Neolithic Era people migrated from place to place. 
b)
During the Paleolithic Era people migrated from place to place. 
c)
During the Neolithic Era people developed language.
d)
During the Paleolithic Era people used animals to help with farming. 
19.
How did the start of farming change early human tribes? 
a)
It forced them to stay in one place and build villages and cities.
b)
It caused them to continue to hunt animals and gather plants. 
c)
It ended fighting between the tribes for land.
d)
It stopped them from building temples for their gods.
20.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-
a)
mastered fire.
b)
developed agriculture.
c)
migrated from Africa.
d)
organized governments
21.
What were the effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
a)
Surplus Food Supply
b)
Specialization of Jobs
c)
Permanent Settlements
d)
All of the above
22.
The movement of people from one location to another is called______________.
a)
transportation
b)
glaciation
c)
Paleolithic
d)
migration
23.
Which of the following BEST describe an ice age?
a)
A winter where there is a lot of ice and snow.
b)
A year of very low temperatures when all water freeze.
c)
A time when glaciers cover much of the land and sea.
d)
A place where animals and plants cannot survive.
24.
Which continent were the earliest humans originally from?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
North America
d)
South America
25.

Which statement is true?

a)

Paleolithic people never migrated to the Americas.

b)

The Americas were completely covered by ice during the Pleistocene (Ice Age).

c)

Scientist believe that Paleolithic people most likely walked across a land bridge to get from Asia to the Americas.

d)

The only way to reach the Americas during the Pleistocene (Ice Age) was by boat.

26.
Which of the following best describes a land bridge?
a)
mammoth bones laid out over a body of water
b)
a mountain range beside a body of water
c)
a strip of coast along a rocky shore
d)
a strip of land connecting two continents
27.
Which continent was the LAST to be inhabited (lived in) by humans?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
South America
d)
Europe
28.
What made specialization possible?
a)
The knowledge of how to grow crops.
b)
The farming surplus.
c)
organized government.
d)
Traders and merchants.
29.

Early humans were

a)

farmers

b)

hunter-gathers

c)

sailors

30.
Which of the following is NOT a reason people migrated during the Stone Age?
a)
They followed herds of animals.
b)
They searched for new communities to trade with.
c)
They wanted to find warmer climates.
d)
They were looking for new sources of food.
31.
Which of the following best defines a land bridge?
a)
mammoth bones laid out over a body of water
b)
a mountain range beside a body of water
c)
a strip of land connecting two continents
d)
a strip of coast along a rocky shore
32.
A time of long periods of freezing weather is known as the
a)
Ice Age
b)
Stone Age
c)
Bronze Age
d)
Climate Age
33.

A person who moves from place to place in search of food.

a)

Pull Factors

b)

Nomad

c)

Domestication

d)

Secondary Source

34.

What is technology?

a)

Tools and techniques that people use to accomplish things.

b)

iPads and computers

c)

Electronics

d)

Skills and knowledge that people use to waste time

35.

The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

a)

climate change

b)

the seasons

c)

the weather

d)

natural change

36.

With the development of farming and writing, groups became permanent civilizations. Civilization means

a)

hunter gatherer tribes

b)

caveman clans

c)

advanced societies

37.

What is the Paleolithic Era?

a)

a time period of meat eaters

b)

when the earliest humans collided with the Ice Age

c)

The Old Stone - a period that lasted from about 2.5 million to 8000 BCE

d)

the practice of determining the age of a fossil

38.

What is the time period before a written language was created?

a)

History

b)

Climate

c)

Prehistory

d)

Environment

39.

What does B.C. mean?

a)

Before Common

b)

Before Christ

c)

Before Christmas

d)

Batman Character

40.

The era also known as the "New Stone Age".

a)

Mesolithic Era

b)

Neolithic Era

c)

Paleolithic Era

d)

Mesozoic Era

41.

The time when human beings first domesticated plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering.

a)

Ice Age

b)

Agricultural Revolution

c)

Neolithic

d)

Paleolithic

42.

Which of the following was a major advancement for paleolithic people?

a)

Fire

b)

Writing

c)

Farming

d)

Domestication

43.

What material were the first tools made from?

a)

Stones and bones

b)

Stones and metal

c)

Bones and glass

d)

Metal and wood

44.

In order to express ideas, early humans

a)

wrote letters

b)

painted in caves

c)

played music

d)

posted on Facebook

45.

The Ice Age resulted in people crossing a land bridge from which two continents?

a)

Europe to Asia

b)

Asia to North America

c)

Africa to Asia

d)

North America to South America

46.

What does domesticate mean?

a)

To tame wild animals and plants.

b)

A person that mostly eats berries and game meats.

c)

A person who studies the past.

d)

The first known group of people that domesticated animals.

47.

What is the proper name for people who hunted animals and gathered wild plants, fruits, and nuts to survive?

a)

hunter-gatherers

b)

cavemen

c)

early humans

d)

wanderers

48.

What is technology?

a)

Tools and techniques that people use to accomplish things.

b)

iPads and computers

c)

Electronics

d)

Skills and knowledge that people use to waste time

49.

What does specialization mean?

a)

to concentrate on a specific job or duty

b)

to become super special

c)

to be a nomad

d)

to be a hunter gatherer

50.

the use of skills and knowledge to make ​the work of every day life easier

a)

band

b)

development

c)

technology

d)

innovation

51.

relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (hunter-gatherers)

a)

Mesolithic

b)

Neolithic

c)

Pre-historic

d)

Paleolithic

52.

an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest

a)

technology

b)

fossil

c)

artifact

d)

band

53.

the earliest known period of human culture, marked by the creation and use of stone tools

a)

Stone Age

b)

Renaissance

c)

Age of Exploration

d)

Industrial Revolution

54.

any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface

a)

paleolithic age

b)

ice age

c)

mesolithic age

d)

stone age

55.

a strip of land connecting two continents

a)

strait

b)

land bridge

c)

fjord

d)

canal

56.

people who move from place to place, no set home

a)

migration

b)

shaman

c)

kinsman

d)

nomads

57.

Which element of civilization was developed to protect people living in settlements?

a)

government

b)

religion

c)

writing

d)

class

58.

Which element of civilization was depended mostly on the job the people performed and their wealth?

a)

government

b)

social class

c)

religion

d)

art

59.

What did the Neolithic communities of Jericho and Çatalhüyük have in common?

a)

both had a few thousand in population

b)

both used irrigation systems

c)

they were built side by side

d)

they were nomadic

60.

One of the most important technological developments of the Bronze Age was_____________.

a)

the wheel (for plows)

b)

farming

c)

tool making

d)

pottery

61.

Where have archaeologists found evidence of social status or rank in Neolithic communities?

a)

in the kinds of farming tools people used

b)

in cave paintings and other art

c)

in the variety of crops

d)

in religious and burial sites

62.

Which sentence best states a key difference between the Paleolithic Age and the Neolithic Era?

a)

Neolithic people made pottery and cave paintings.

b)

Neolithic people built permanent settlements.

c)

Neolithic people had learned how to cook.

d)

Neolithic people had specialized tools.

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