Early Human Settlements Quiz

Where did the first permanent human settlements form?

• India

• China

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

Why did early humans find crops growing in the camps they returned to?

• Grains were found in the wild everywhere.

• They had dropped seeds of grains the previous year.

• They had developed a system of agriculture to grow grains.

• Grains had naturally grown there without human involvement.

What was one effect of settling in one place?

• Humans did not need tools for agriculture anymore.

• Humans lived in smaller communities.

• Humans built permanent homes.

• Humans had fewer children.

How can the changes that happened during the Neolithic period be characterized?

• People transitioned from agricultural societies to nomadic life.

• People transitioned from nomadic life to agricultural societies.

• People transitioned from not having language to having language.

• People transitioned from many civilizations to one global civilization.

What developed during the Neolithic period? Select the two correct answers.

• large settlements

• migration across continents

• bartering and trade

• hunting with tools

• architecture

By which geographic feature were wild grains most likely to grow?

• mountains

• deserts

• oceans

• rivers

Which happened first?

• specialization of society

• domestication of animals

• development of large civilizations

• domestication of plants and grains

What was one effect of the domestication of animals?

• It led to the extinction of many species.

• It had no significant effect on human societies.

• It provided humans with reliable milk, food, and labor.

• It led to a decrease in human population due to the spread of disease from the animals.

What happened when farmers grew more crops than they could use in a season?

• They burned the surplus.

• They built ways to store the surplus.

• They planted less the following year.

• They gave the surplus to their neighbors.