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