This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > History > Early Agriculture – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Early Agriculture Quiz 1 (20 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) Mountains. B) Oceans. C) Rivers. D) Rain forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rivers. 9. What is the most important revolutionary change between the Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures? A) The shelters people used. B) The way people got food for themselves through farming. C) The tools people used. D) The clothes people wore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Mesolithic Era. B) Neolithic Era. C) Paleolithic Era. D) Mesozoic Era. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neolithic Era. 12. What shape is used to represent Social Structure? A) Circle. B) Square. C) Dodecahedron. D) Triangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triangle. 13. Where did the names for the different accient time periods come from?(ex:Neolithic) A) From Latin names. B) Primarily from the tools they use. C) Kings or rulers last names. D) Poetry from that time period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Primarily from the tools they use. 14. What did the hunters and gatherers have to develop before they could effectively work together? A) Tools. B) Language. C) Fire. D) Domestication of animals. 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 animal skins for clothing. C) They used fire to dry their clothes. D) They used dogs to help them herd sheep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Ice ages. B) Bronze Age. C) Stone Age. D) Golden Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ice ages. 20. Why did early humans migrate around the world? A) They wanted to travel. B) They were tired of the same places. C) There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather. D) There was not enough good schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There were not enough animals to hunt or food to gather. 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