History Alive Lesson 3: From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

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How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food

Hunting and gathering

farming and domesticating animals

by herding sheep and goats

by trading over land and sea

2.

Multiple Choice

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What was the greatest benefit when people began farming?

they had more time to relax

they had better-tasting food

they had a stable food supply

they had enough water for crops

3.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

The business of farming; growing crops and raising animals is called

Farming

Domestication

Agriculture

Trade

4.

Multiple Choice

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To train a wild animal to be useful to humans is called

Farming

Domestication

Agriculture

Trade

5.

Multiple Choice

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Why did people live in larger communities during the Neolithic Age than in earlier times?

They needed more people for hunting and gathering

They could grow enough food to support more people

They created better ways of getting along with people

They could trade their crops with other groups

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Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the best title for these words: Spinners, Weavers, Basket Makers, Toolmakers?

Trade in the Neolithic Age

Job Specialization in the Neolithic Age

Community in the Neolithic Age

Education in the Neolithic Age

7.

Multiple Choice

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How did trade help Neolithic people make stronger tools?

They got special materials such as obsidian from other areas.

They became stronger

They learned how to work with new material

It didn't create stronger tools.

8.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

If you were a Neolithic trader, what would most likely happen as you traveled and traded?

You would study cave art

You would become a better hunter

You would spend a lot of money buying new things

You would find out how other groups lived

9.

Multiple Choice

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The Neolithic Age ended about 3,000 B.C.E., with the discovery of how to

make metal tools

weave linen cloth

tame wild animals

build brick houses

10.

Multiple Choice

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Why did the Neolithic people trade?

To meet new people

To learn new cultures

To show off their tools

To get the resources they lacked

11.

Multiple Choice

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How did dividing up the work help communities produce more to meet their needs?

Everybody did the same job

Most people enjoyed working alone

Individuals developed a variety of skills

Villagers learned to make stone tools

12.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Which of these was a change that resulted from building permanent shelters?

New ways of living in smaller family groups

New ways of cooking food in clay-lined pits

New ways of protection with bows and arrows

New ways of making clothing out of animal skins

13.

Multiple Choice

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Archaeologists have found decorated pottery and polished stones. What does this suggest about Neolithic people?

They mined to get flint.

They wanted more to eat.

They cared about beauty.

14.

Multiple Choice

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About how many people lived in PALEOLITHIC communities?

20-60

200-600

2000-6000

Over 6000

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What change began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 B.C.E.?

trading

hunting

farming

building

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?

The hills were rich in gold.

The soil was good for crops.

The forest was full of animals.

The caves were deep and warm.

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