1.
Which of the following resulted from having surplus food during the New Stone Age?
A
more hunting
B
trade with other countries
C
fewer settlements
D
rapid population growth
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Which of the following resulted from having surplus food during the New Stone Age?
more hunting
trade with other countries
fewer settlements
rapid population growth
Which of the following is one characteristic of a civilization of the ancient world?
gatherers
small, rural towns
social classes
a system of hunting
The people in the Old Stone Age got their food by hunting animals
and farming the land
and domesticating them
and selling them as meat
and gathering wild plants
Surplus food during the New Stone Age allowed more people to become
warriors
fishers
artisans
farmers
Scientists studied the Icemans clothing, tools, and body to learn
about the geography of the Alps
how early people learned to farm
more about his life
how people lived in Africa
Period of time in the past before writing was invented
Prehistory
Oral Tradition
None of these
History
In the words prehistoric and prehistory, the word part pre means
after
during
before
toward
In the New Stone Age, for the first time, people began to
farm the land
search for new lands
trade with other countries
gather plants and seeds
How did farming change the way early people lived?
They settled in one place
They built schools
They moved from place to place
They stopped eating meat
Having a dependable source of water enabled some farming settlements
to look for minerals
to build defense systems
to develop into cities
to manufacture cloth
During the period of prehistory, people developed the ability to
trade
use fire
gather plants and seeds
farm the land
During the New Stone Age, what did farming settlements need in order to develop into cities?
metal tools
a dependable source of water
different kinds of cloth
a deposit of minerals
A person who has no single, settled home
Nomad
Archaeologist
None of these
Iceman of the Alps
A man whose body laid covered with snow and ice for thousands of years. He lived in 3000 B.C. or 5,000 years ago.
Nomad
Archaeologist
None of these
Iceman of the Alps