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Chapter 2 - The Neolithic Era Quiz

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Follow up quiz to classwork.
Check Your Knowledge! Complete the quiz questions below using your chapter 2 notes and Neolithic knowledge!
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Which of the following is NOT a reason people abandoned their nomadic lifestyle in favor of a sedentary lifestyle?
People could live in one place near their buried loved ones.
Agriculture provided more and reliable food sources.
People didn't have to chase animals for food.
Living a sedentary lifestyle was healthier for the body then living a nomadic lifestyle.
Sort the following items into the appropriate category.
Killing animals that are aggressive and feeding animals that are passive.
Planting plants in rows giving their roots a good space apart.
Picking and choosing the seeds from the biggest and best plants to grow.
Controlling the flow of water using ditches or canals.
Domestication
Irrigation System
Division of labor means that society is split into groups and each group has a specialized role or job.
Drag and drop the different jobs into the correct role.
Farmers - ________________________
Merchants - ________________________________
Artisans - ________________________________________
Priests/Scribes - __________________________________________
Warriors - _____________________
Smithing Tools, Weapons, & Armor
Recording and Teaching Information
Fighting Wars
Buying and Selling Goods
Harvesting Crops
Separate into two categories the advantages and disadvantages of bartering.
Click the circle to put an idea into a category.
Advantages
Disadvantages
Transportation of goods can be hard if they are large, heavy, or in bulk.
Can trade services and skills, not just physical goods.
It is time-consuming to arrange trades.
It can be difficult to find someone who wants what you have and has what you want.
Promotes community interaction and cooperation.
No need to worry about money or how much money is worth.
It can be hard to determine fair trade values between different items
Environmentally friendly as it encourages reuse of goods. People don't throw away what could be traded.
Check off every job a divine right monarch would perform (do).
Settle conflicts between people (be a judge).
Farm irrigation systems.
Participate in religious rituals involving deities.
Sell goods in a market.
Lead the military and keep order.
Smith bronze tools.
Finish the sentence.
Early civilizations developed something hunter-gatherers never had, leisure time. This gave people time to ...
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die from disease.
focus on only farming the best and biggest plants.
hunt and gather more.
Without a surplus of food people can't work specialized jobs.
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Check mark pictures of the first civilizations.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
The United States of America
The Vikings
The Turks of Istanbul
The Indus Valley
Mesopotamia