- 1. What period immediately precedes the Neolithic era?
A) Paleolithic
B) Iron Age
C) Bronze Age
D) Mesolithic
- 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) Lions
C) Sheep
D) Bears
- 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) Mesolithic
D) Paleolithic
- 6. Which term is often used collectively to describe the Neolithic and Mesolithic periods?
A) Industrial Age
B) Stone Age
C) Iron Age
D) Bronze Age
- 7. The Holocene epoch spans approximately how many years?
A) 20,000
B) 11,700
C) 15,000
D) 5,000
- 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) Industrial Revolution
D) Neolithic Revolution
- 9. Which epoch directly follows the Holocene in the geological time scale?
A) Jurassic
B) Pleistocene
C) Anthropocene
D) Cretaceous
- 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) Oil
B) Gold
C) Water
D) Diamonds
- 12. The Holocene epoch is characterized by relatively stable ________ conditions.
A) Climate
B) Social
C) Economic
D) Political
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