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