The Neolithic Revolution is often considered a turning point in history because

permanent settlements developed in river valleys

Among hunter-gatherers, how did the jobs of women and men differ?

Women gathered fruits and nuts while men killed wild animals

To tame animals and plants for human use

The word "Nomad" means

A person with no permanent home

Which development led to the other three?

Domestication of plants and animals

With farms, Neolithic man could

build permanent shelters and form larger communities

Which of the following is true of secondary sources?

written descriptions by people who did not live then

Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?

give description of events by a person who lived through it

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1
What caused the specialization of labor to begin in the Neolithic villages?
Population growth
Build defense wall
Trade
Food surplus
2
What is an example of a tool made by Paleolithic people?
bowl made of glass
spear made of stone
fishhook made of iron
knife made of wood
3
The Neolithic Revolution is often considered a turning point in history because
nuclear families evolved into extended families
city dwellers learned to control fire
societies became more nomadic
permanent settlements developed in river valleys
4
One of the most important advances man has made was the shift from being
cave men to living in huts
raw meat eaters to cooked meat eaters
hunter-gathers to farmers
middle schoolers to high schoolers
5
How did humans obtain food during the Paleolithic Age?
Food producer
Specialization
Domesticated plants and animals
Hunter/Gatherer
6
Among hunter-gatherers, how did the jobs of women and men differ?
Women gathered fruits and nuts while men killed wild animals
Women grew crops while men gathered fruits and nuts
Both men and women shared the same types of jobs
Women cared for children while men grew crops
7
The Agricultural Revolution was important for humans because
Allowed populations to grow
They were able to settle in one place
They could produce a constant supply of food
All of the above
8
What can we learn from cave art?
what life was like
all of the above
what the people valued
which animals were hunted
9
The most important thing that happened during the Neolithic Age was
The invention of stone tools
Converting caves into shelter
The invention of fire
The agricultural revolution
10
Social Studies is the best subject in high school.
True
False
11
What does "Neolithic" mean?
Weapons, tools or other item made by humans
Old Stone Age
People who regularly move from place to place
New Stone Age
12
Which of the following is an important way that hunter-gathers go food?
making flour from wheat
raising animals such as goats
growing vegetables
gathering fruits and nuts
13
The Paleolithic Age means
Old Stone
Stone Man
Primative
Caveman
14
What is domesticate?
The development of different kinds of jobs
Weapons, tools or other items made by humans
To tame animals and plants for human use
New Stone Age
15
The word "Nomad" means
A person who uses primitive tools
A person who lives in a small place
A person with no permanent home
A person who hunts animals
16
Which development led to the other three?
Surplus of food
Division of labor
Domestication of plants and animals
Complex civilizations
17
After the Agricultural Revolution, people stopped moving around to look for food
True
False
18
With farms, Neolithic man could
build a surplus of vegetables but have to hunt for meat
build permanent shelters and form larger communities
slaughter animals after they plowed the fields
feed less people but offer a higher quality of food
19
Which of the following is true of secondary sources?
written descriptions by people who lived during that time
are always artifacts
oral descriptions of event by people who lived it
written descriptions by people who did not live then
20
Why are primary sources important to understanding human history?
give description of events by a person who lived through it
passed down orally from one generation to the next
They provide historians' interpretations of past events
They are based on secondary sources
21
What is an example of technology that Paleolithic people developed?
hunting for wild berries and nuts
living in small family groups with many relatives
burying their dead with certain rituals
using fire to cook food
22
What are two main characteristics of domestication?
Living a nomadic life and killing wild animals
gathering wild fruits and raising animals
living a nomadic life and raising animals
farming and raising animals
23
Paleolithic people's tools were made of what material?
glass
stone
bronze
iron
24
Humans discovered ______ toward the end of the Stone Age?
Fire
Farming
cattle
the bow and arrow
25
The Stone Age got its name from
using stones to throw at animals while hunting
stoning ancient criminals to death
the tools they made of stone
living in stone caves

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