History Alive Lesson 3: From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers

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

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

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

• Farming

• Domestication

• Agriculture

• Trade

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

• Farming
• Domestication
• Agriculture
• Trade

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

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

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.

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

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

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