WorksheetsNeolithic Era Test
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the Neolithic Era?
a)
The old stone age when people foraged for a living.
b)
The bronze age when people learned to make metal tools.
c)
The new stone age when some people began early agriculture and domestication of plants and animals.
2.
Adapting wild plants and animals for human use is known as
a)
The Agricultural Revolution
b)
Domestication
c)
Prehistory
d)
Nomadic
3.
During the Agricultural Revolution, where was change happening faster?
a)
Africa
b)
Where populations were more dense
c)
Where populations were smaller
d)
Antarctica
4.
During the Agricultural Revolution, where was change happening more slowly?
a)
Asia
b)
Where populations were more dense
c)
Where populations were smaller
d)
Antarctica
5.
How do domesticated species benefit from being domesticated? Check ALL that apply.
a)
Humans help them reproduce
b)
Humans beat them
c)
Humans protect them
d)
Humans eat the animals
6.
What are some possible problems for early farmers? Check ALL that apply.
a)
Predators
b)
Diets had less variety and may have been less healthy.
c)
Famine was a possibility.
d)
Farming was easier and less work.
e)
Farming was stressful and more work.
7.
Homes in early farming villages were
a)
large
b)
permanent
c)
temporary
d)
tee pees
8.
How is society different from foraging to farming?
a)
Throughout history both groups lived in city-states.
b)
Foraging groups were smaller and farmers lived in larger groups.
c)
Foraging groups ate meat and famers didn't.
9.
Why might agriculture have happened earlier in S.W. Asia and later in the Americas?
a)
Asia is farther North.
b)
Humans in the Americas were less adaptive.
c)
Asia had more easily domesticated species available like wheat and cattle.
d)
The Americas had wheat and horses first.
10.
People who have lots of resources in their environment so they don’t need to move around to find food are called...
a)
Influencers
b)
Hominids
c)
Affluent Foragers
d)
Europeans
11.
Early farming societies lived in ...
a)
Cities with many thousands of people.
b)
Small groups of 10-50 people to hunt and gather.
c)
They lived in small villages.
12.
The invention of farming is known as
a)
Foraging
b)
Nomads
c)
The Agricultural Revolution
d)
Prehistory
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