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Module 1 - Beginnings of World History

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During ............... age human started settled life.

a)

Mesolithic age

b)

Paleolithic age

c)

Neolithic age

d)

Both B and C

2.
1.  What were the primary occupations of people during the Paleolithic Era?
a)
a.  Hunters & Gathers
b)
a.  Toolmakers
c)
a.  Farmers
3.
One Way that farming changed the way people lived was____________________.
a)
They no longer were nomads
b)
Life expectancy was shorter
c)
They had to move around to new farms
4.
Nomadic means to
a)
Sleep in tents
b)
Move around frequently
c)
Stay in one place
5.

What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?

a)

Easy travel

b)

They kept pets

c)

Shared most work

d)

Stable food supply

6.

The Stone Age got its name because

a)

Stone Houses

b)

Used pretty rocks for money

c)

Rocky Fields

d)

Stone Tools

7.
Scientists believe that the earliest humans evolved in and migrated from which continent? 
a)
Europe 
b)
North America 
c)
Asia 
d)
Africa 
8.

Housing during the Paleolithic Era was made from

a)

Mud bricks

b)

concrete

c)

caves, furs, bones

d)

igloos

9.
People began to control things so they could use them for survival - did this to plant and animals.
a)
Domestication
b)
Surplus
c)
Fire
d)
Ride
10.
Another name for farming is ...
a)
Planting
b)
Settling
c)
Agriculture
d)
Nomad
11.
Something that helps a person perform or accomplish a task is considered ...
a)
Device
b)
Technology
c)
Hand tools
d)
Stones
12.
Finish the sentence Hunter-gatherers...
a)
hunted animals and gathered wood 
b)
hunted animals and gathered plants
c)
hunted animals and gathered bones
13.
How did the Caveman explain their stories?
a)
Wrote a book
b)
Wrote in the dirt
c)
Wrote on cave walls
d)
Used sign language 
14.

The study of the past based on what people left behind

a)

History

b)

Archaeology

c)

Geography

d)

Economics

15.

The time before written history is called ______________.

a)

Prehistory

b)

Paleolithic Period

c)

Mesolithic Period

d)

Neolithic Period

16.

_____________________ are different from fossils because they are items that are made by humans.

a)

Technology

b)

Artifacts

c)

Migration

d)

Nomad

17.
Farming and Domestication of Animals resulted in the beginning of....
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Metal Age
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Fire Age
18.
Why did farming lead to permanent villages? 
a)
people grew too much food to travel 
b)
people needed to build storage for crops
c)
people needed to stay and tend their crops
d)
people had to make pottery to hold fo
19.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-
a)
mastered fire.
b)
developed agriculture and settled down.
c)
migrated from Africa.
d)
organized governments
20.
A culture that has a developed complex system of religion, learning, arts, and government.
a)
civilization
b)
agriculture
c)
domestication
d)
trade
21.

What was the first animal to be domesticated?

a)

chickens

b)

sheep

c)

dogs

d)

pigs

22.

What is another name for the Neolithic Age?

a)

Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Old Stone Age

d)

The Ice Age

23.

What is it called when you produce more crops or food than needed to feed the society?

a)

Job Specialization

b)

Surplus

c)

Leftovers

d)

Wasteful

24.

During the Paleolithic Age, people learned how to make ____. Once people had ____, they could eat cooked food.

a)

earth

b)

water

c)

air

d)

fire

25.

What is the biggest achievement of the Neolithic Age?

a)

agriculture

b)

copper tools

c)

flint axes

d)

spoken language

26.

Farmers grew more food than they could eat. They began to trade food for things they could not make themselves. They could do tasks that matched their talents. This is called _______.

a)

surplus

b)

grain

c)

specialization

d)

economics

27.

In western Asia, people discovered that mixing tin and copper created ______.

a)

bronze

b)

silver

c)

gold

d)

flint

28.

People started to exchange products, this was the beginning of

a)

Agriculture

b)

Trade

c)

Writing

29.

People built this to defend their villages

a)

Wall

b)

Wheel

c)

Window

d)

Wardrobe

30.

Prehistory ended when people invented the

a)

painting

b)

reading

c)

writing

d)

drawing

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