- 1. What period immediately precedes the Neolithic era?
A) Paleolithic
B) Iron Age
C) Mesolithic
D) Bronze Age
- 2. The Neolithic era is characterized by the development of which key technology?
A) Pottery
B) Agriculture
C) Metallurgy
D) Writing
- 3. Which of these animals were commonly domesticated during the Neolithic period?
A) Foxes
B) Bears
C) Lions
D) Sheep
- 4. In which geographical region did agriculture first develop during the Neolithic period?
A) Fertile Crescent
B) Sahara Desert
C) Amazon Rainforest
D) Antarctica
- 5. Events such as agriculture and settled societies largely define which epoch?
A) Paleolithic
B) Neolithic
C) Iron Age
D) Mesolithic
- 6. Which term is often used collectively to describe the Neolithic and Mesolithic periods?
A) Bronze Age
B) Iron Age
C) Industrial Age
D) Stone Age
- 7. The Holocene epoch spans approximately how many years?
A) 11,700
B) 5,000
C) 20,000
D) 15,000
- 8. What is the term for the shift from hunting and gathering to agriculture in the Neolithic era?
A) Industrial Revolution
B) Digital Revolution
C) Technological Revolution
D) Neolithic Revolution
- 9. Which epoch directly follows the Holocene in the geological time scale?
A) Cretaceous
B) Anthropocene
C) Pleistocene
D) Jurassic
- 10. Which of the following is a Neolithic burial practice?
A) Underwater burials
B) Space burials
C) Megalithic tombs
D) Sky burials
- 11. What key resource was essential for the development of settled agriculture in the Neolithic era?
A) Water
B) Diamonds
C) Oil
D) Gold
- 12. The Holocene epoch is characterized by relatively stable ________ conditions.
A) Political
B) Climate
C) Social
D) Economic
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