This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > History > Early > Early Agriculture – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Early Agriculture Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the most common reason Paleolithic people chose to migrate, or move from place to place? A) They needed to find employment and an income. B) To find resources such as food and shelter. C) To explore the world. D) They needed to find better transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To find resources such as food and shelter. 2. Why did the Paleolithic people move from place to place? A) They needed to find employment and an income. B) To find resources such as food and shelter. C) To explore the world. D) They needed to find better transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To find resources such as food and shelter. 3. Define the Neolithic Revolution ..... A) The shift from food gathering to food producing. B) The start of city-states. C) A time of hunting and gathering. D) When people fought with farm tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The shift from food gathering to food producing. 4. Which development occurred after Neolithic people made permanent shelters? A) Hunting Animals. B) Creation of small cities. C) Growing Crops. D) Herding Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creation of small cities. 5. What was the steady food supply during the Neolithic Era? A) They had to roam around looking for food. B) Wheat and barley. C) Pumpkins and potatoes. D) Chicken and Corn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat and barley. 6. In what ways did fire help humans? A) Humans could cook food. B) It provided light and warmth. C) It scared away wild animals. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. How did people migrate to North America? A) Canoed from Hawaiian Islands. B) Walked across the Bering Land Bridge. C) Sailed from island to island from Europe. D) Used Kayak.com and booked the cheapest trip. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Walked across the Bering Land Bridge. 8. By the beginning of the Bronze Age, civilizations began to emerge most commonly near ..... A) Oceans. B) Rivers. C) Mountains. D) Rain forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rivers. 9. What is the most important revolutionary change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures? A) The way people got food for themselves through farming. B) The tools people used. C) The clothes people wore. D) The shelters people used. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way people got food for themselves through farming. 10. What is the job of an Archaeologist? A) To study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts. B) To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs. C) To find cool stuff underground. D) To study the relationship between geography and fossils. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To study past cultures, human remains, settlements, fossils, and artifacts. 11. The era also known as the "New Stone Age". A) Mesozoic Era. B) Neolithic Era. C) Paleolithic Era. D) Mesolithic Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neolithic Era. 12. What shape is used to represent Social Structure? A) Triangle. B) Circle. C) Dodecahedron. D) Square. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Triangle. 13. Where did the names for the different accient time periods come from?(ex:Neolithic) A) Kings or rulers last names. B) From Latin names. C) Poetry from that time period. D) Primarily from the tools they use. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primarily from the tools they use. 14. What did the hunters and gatherers have to develop before they could effectively work together? A) Domestication of animals. B) Language. C) Fire. D) Tools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language. 15. Which one of the following was NOT a criteria for succeful domestion of animals? A) Must be able to provide the food in a reasonable way for the animal. B) Must be able to reproduce with regularin captivity. C) Must be manageable and easy to train/herd. D) Musy be a fur bearing animal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Musy be a fur bearing animal. 16. What does the word social classes mean? A) The system that a community uses to produce and distribute goods and services. B) Supply of something that can be used as needed. C) Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society. D) Set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society. 17. What does the word surplus mean? A) Complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills. B) Set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world. C) Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society. D) More than people need to feed themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than people need to feed themselves. 18. Which is an example of how hunter-gatherers adapted to their environment? A) They used electricity from clouds. B) They used dogs to help them herd sheep. C) They used fire to dry their clothes. D) They used animal skins for clothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They used animal skins for clothing. 19. Times of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the Earth were called the A) Golden Age. B) Ice ages. C) Bronze Age. D) Stone Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ice ages. 20. Why did early humans migrate around the world? A) They wanted to travel. B) There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather. C) They were tired of the same places. D) There was not enough good schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather. 21. Cows, pigs, and chickens are all examples of ..... animals. A) Mammalian. B) Farm. C) Trained. D) Domesticated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Domesticated. 22. Which of the following regions were NOT centers of farming? A) Africa. B) Southern China. C) Turkey. D) Central Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central Europe. 23. What is the most important change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures? A) The tools people used. B) The way people got food for themselves through farming. C) The clothes people wore. D) The shelters people used. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way people got food for themselves through farming. 24. Which of the following would you most likely find in the Paleolithic Era? A) Cave paintings. B) Domesticated animals. C) Farms. D) Jewelry made of smooth stones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cave paintings. 25. What is the greatest change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures? A) The way people got food for themselves. B) The clothes people wore. C) The tools people used. D) The shelters people used. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way people got food for themselves. 26. Which of the following is an example of Paleolithic technology? A) The wheel. B) An iron pot. C) Written language. D) Flint axe head. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flint axe head. 27. What invention helped Neolithic farmers become more productive (means to do more) ..... A) Women in the fields. B) Tractor. C) Plow. D) Children working the fields. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plow. 28. What modern day country is Catalhoyuk located in? A) Anatolia. B) China. C) Turkey. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Turkey. 29. What does the word religion mean? A) Set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world. B) Complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills. C) Groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society. D) People spend most of their time working at a single job or craft. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Set of shared beliefs about supernatural powers that created and rule the world. 30. How did the start of farming change early human tribes? A) It allowed them to stay in one place and build villages and cities. B) It caused them to continue to hunt animals and gather plants. C) It ended fighting between the tribes for land. D) It stopped them from building temples for their gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It allowed them to stay in one place and build villages and cities. Next →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesEarly Agriculture Quiz 2Early Agriculture Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books