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Early Humans and Agricultural Revolution Study Guide

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 4hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the vocabulary word to the definition

a)

Technology

1.

An ability gained by the practical use of knowledge

b)

Land Bridge

2.

A strip of land caused by low sea levels during the last Ice Age

c)

Specialization

3.

The act of training for a particular job

d)

Bronze Age

4.

The period of human culture when people began to make and use bronze

e)

Domesticate

5.

To adapt an animal to live with humans for the advantage of humans

2.

"emerged in new civilizations to help people explain their lives. For example, they helped explain the forces of nature and the role of humans in the world."

Which characteristic is described?

a)

religion

b)

government

c)

writing systems

d)

social structure

3.

Based on the information in the chart, Neolithic people

a)

made cave paintings of animals

b)

built homes made of mud-bricks

c)

made simple tools and shelters

d)

had men who hunted

4.

Using the diagram, which of the following belongs in the intersection of the two circles shared by both groups?

a)

men and women has different jobs

b)

traveled from place to place searching for food

c)

lived in cities

d)

planted corn

5.

Which class would a painter be in?

a)

Higher Class

b)

Middle Calss

c)

Lowest Class

6.

According to the Stone Age Tools chart, what was the purpose of the end scraper?

a)

used for hunting large marine animals like whales

b)

used for hunting large land animals like mammoths

c)

used for scraping fur from animal hides, wood, or bones.

d)

shredding plant fibers and making holes in leather.

7.

What do we call it when we tame an animal, like a dog, to be used by humans?

a)

domestication

b)

specialization

c)

technology

d)

civilization

8.

Based on this picture, what inference can you make about the people of the Paleolithic Age?

a)

They used swords to hunt.

b)

They teamed to hunt a single animal.

c)

They farmed for food.

d)

created new technology to hunt

9.

If you have a food surplus,

a)

You need to find more food now.

b)

You have just enough food.

c)

You need to go shopping

d)

You have more food than you need.

10.

What might be the cause for early problems?

a)

population growth

b)

climate change

c)

moving from place to place

d)

new technology

11.

How was life changed by the Agricultural Revolution?

a)

brains grew due to the eating or raw food

b)

stone tools were used to defend communities

c)

More people had to hunt to feed the community.

d)

agriculture led to organized communities.

12.

What is a difference between early farmers and hunter-gatherers?

a)

Early farmers traveled in groups of 20-30 people.

b)

Hunter-gathers had the time to specialize in a job.

c)

Farmers domesticated animals for their use.

d)

Hunter-gatherers had a surplus of food.

13.

What is the cultural shift that happened during the Neolithic Era?

a)

creation of language

b)

the agricultural revolution

c)

the age of civilization

d)

the bronze age

14.

"Craftspeople in Western Asia discovered that mixing copper and tin formed bronze. This was a technological breakthrough...Bronze became widely used between 3000 and 1200 B.C.E. This period is known as the Bronze Age. Few people, however, could afford bronze and continued to use tools and weapons made of stone."

Based on this quote, what conclusion can be drawn to explain why people did not have more bronze tools?

a)

The only people who knew how to make bronze was in South America.

b)

Only a few people knew how to make bronze.

c)

Copper is rare.

d)

The cost to make bronze was too high.

15.

What should fill in the final spot of the flowchart?

a)

People had the time to focus on other specialized jobs.

b)

People spent all their time farming.

c)

People created religions.

d)

Farmers create pots to sell.

16.

What should go in the center circle?

a)

history

b)

government

c)

civilization

d)

Paleolithic Age

17.

Match the vocabulary word with the definition

a)

Nomads

1.

People who moved from place to place as a group to find food for themselves

b)

Neolithic age

2.

Relating to the latest period of the Stone Age

c)

Paleolithic

3.

Relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age

d)

Civilization

4.

A more complex culture that has cities, a government, religions, and social class structures

e)

Agricultural Revolution

5.

Time period where humans settled in communities and farmed regularly