TCI L3 From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers

The Stone Age got its name because

• people farmed rocky land.

• people used stone tools.

• people built stone houses.

• people used stones as money.

Historians divide the Stone Age into the Paleolithic Age and the

• Old Stone Age.

• New Paleolithic Age.

• Neolithic Age.

• Catal Hoyuk Age.

During the Paleolithic Age, people got food by

• raising animals.

• staying in one place.

• raising crops.

• moving from place to place.

The Neolithic Age began when people started to

• live as nomads.

• develop farming.

• take shelter in caves.

• gather plants for food.

The Neolithic Age ended when people learned how to

• build permanent shelters.

• make tools out of metal.

• create electricity.

• herd animals.

What is the Fertile Crescent?

• a curved tool prehistoric people used for farming

• a symbol prehistoric people made to mark their farms

• a Neolithic settlement surrounded by stone walls

• an arc-shaped region in Southwest Asia with rich soil

Which of the following describes agriculture?

• growing crops and raising animals

• gathering plants and hunting animals

• moving to another place to find plants

• developing skill with a spear

Which of the following was an immediate effect of the development of agriculture?

• People had some control over their food supply.

• People ran out of food when they stayed in one place.

• People learned new ways of hunting wild animals.

• People learned how to make tools from stone.

Why did early farmers learn to domesticate animals?

• to protect animals from extinction

• to make animals useful to humans

• to provide transportation for nomads

• to make animals easier to hunt

Nomad is to cave as farmer is to

• cattle.

• permanent shelter.

• plow.

• corn.