1. Chapter 3 From Hunter Gatherers Farmers

2. Instructions for the Review
The following questions are multiple choice and each question is a key idea from Chapter Three.

3. BIG IDEAS How did people in the Paleolithic Age get their food?
By planting and harvesting.
By hunting and gathering.
By trading over land and sea.
By herding goats and cattle.

4. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
By hunting and gathering.

5. BIG IDEAS
The Neolithic Age ended about 3000 B.C.E., with the discovery of how to
Weave linen cloth
Tame wild animals
Make metal tools
Build brick houses

6. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
Make metal tools

7. BIG IDEAS What change began the Neolithic Age, about 8000 B.C.E.?
Farming
Trading
Building
Hunting

8. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
Farming

9. BIG IDEAS
Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?
The forest was full of animals.
The hills were rich in gold?
The caves were deep and warm.
The soil was good for crops.

10. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
The soil was good for crops.

11. BIG IDEAS
What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?
They shared most of the work.
They could travel more easy.
They had a stable food supply.
They kept pets for company.

12. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
They had a stable food supply.

13. BIG IDEAS
One animal that was domesticated mainly for meat and milk was the _____.
Chicken
Goat
Camel
Mule

14. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
Goat

15. BIG IDEA
Archaeologist have found houses in which the doorways were built high up on the walls. What was the most likely reason for this?
People wanted to be safe from wild animals or enemies.
The lower parts of the walls were covered with paintings.
People grew taller because they had more to eat.
The land around the house has sunk over the years.

16. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
People wanted to be safe from wild animals or enemies.

17. BIG IDEA
Why did people in the Neolithic Age live together in larger groups, compared with earlier times?
They needed more people for hunting and gathering.
They found better ways to get along with others.
They made special goods like baskets and pottery.
They could grow enough food to support more people.

18. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
They could grow enough food to support more people.

19. BIG IDEA
Which of these was a change that resulted from building permanent shelters?
New ways of cooking food in clay-lined pits.
New ways of making clothing out of animal skins.
New ways of living in smaller family units.
New ways of protection with bows and arrows.

20. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
New ways of cooking food in clay-lined pits.

21. BIG IDEA
How did dividing up the work help communities produce more to meet their needs?
Villagers learned to make stone tools.
Everybody did the same job.
Individuals developed a variety of skills.
Most people enjoyed working alone.

22. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
Individuals developed a variety of skills.

23. BIG IDEA
Archaeologist have found decorated pottery and polished stones. What does this suggest about Neolithic people?
They cared about beauty.
They used money to trade.
They mined to get flint.
They wanted more to eat.

24. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
They cared about beauty.

25. BIG IDEA
What is the best title for these words: Spinners, Weavers, Basket Makers, Toolmakers?
Community in Catal Hoyuk
Education in Catal Hoyuk
Trade in Catal Hoyuk
Specialization in Catal Hoyuk

26. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
Specialization in Catal Hoyuk

27. BIG IDEA Why did Neolithic people trade?
To show off their good crafts.
To get resources they lacked.
To learn other languages.
To ride across the desert.

28. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
To get resources they lacked.

29. BIG IDEA How did trade help the Neolithic people make stronger tools?
They learned from nearby villages.
They built thick stone walls around their communities.
They got special materials such as obsidian from other areas.
They developed sturdy muscles by walking long distances.

30. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
They got special materials such as obsidian from other areas.

31. BIG IDEA
If you were a Neolithic Trader, what would most likely happen as you travelled and traded?
You would make a lot of money and move to a new place.
You would invent an alphabet and start writing.
You would become a better hunter by following animals.
You would find out how other groups lived.

32. BIG IDEA
If you were a Neolithic Trader, what would most likely happen as you travelled and traded?
You would make a lot of money and move to a new place.
You would invent an alphabet and start writing.
You would become a better hunter by following animals.
You would find out how other groups lived.

33. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
You would find out how other groups lived.

34. BIG IDEA
What crop did the European’s learn how to grow from the residents of Catal Hoyuk?
Corn
Rice
Wheat and barley
Tomatoes

35. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
Wheat and barley

36. BIG IDEA
Which of these statements are the most accurate based on what we learned in chapter 3?
The area with the best climate developed the greatest variety of crops.
Travelers carried seeds and knowledge from Asia to the Americas.
Agriculture developed separately in several different parts of the world.
The same kinds of plants grew wild in every region.

37. BIG IDEA RESPONSE
Agriculture developed separately in several different parts of the world.

38. ADDITIONAL TEST PREP
Be prepared to look at a world map and answer questions about early agriculture based on the symbols used on the map. Also be able to identify the four cardinal directions on a map: N
W+ E S