- 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) Agriculture
B) Writing
C) Metallurgy
D) Pottery
- 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) Amazon Rainforest
C) Antarctica
D) Sahara Desert
- 5. Which of the following is a Neolithic burial practice?
A) Space burials
B) Megalithic tombs
C) Underwater burials
D) Sky burials
- 6. What key resource was essential for the development of settled agriculture in the Neolithic era?
A) Gold
B) Water
C) Diamonds
D) Oil
- 7. 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
- 8. The Holocene epoch is characterized by relatively stable ________ conditions.
A) Climate
B) Economic
C) Political
D) Social
- 9. Which epoch directly follows the Holocene in the geological time scale?
A) Cretaceous
B) Jurassic
C) Pleistocene
D) Anthropocene
- 10. The Holocene epoch spans approximately how many years?
A) 5,000
B) 15,000
C) 11,700
D) 20,000
- 11. Events such as agriculture and settled societies largely define which epoch?
A) Mesolithic
B) Iron Age
C) Neolithic
D) Paleolithic
- 12. Which term is often used collectively to describe the Neolithic and Mesolithic periods?
A) Stone Age
B) Iron Age
C) Industrial Age
D) Bronze Age
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