Human Origins and the Neolithic Revolution

Question 1

What is believed to be the correct order of migration after humans left Africa?

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South Asia, Europe, the Americas

Question 2

Scientists believe that early human beings may have originated in

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Africa.

Question 3

Which factor was the most important in affecting Paleolithic humans’ lives?

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climate

Question 4

What is the most widely accepted theory on how early humans migrated to North America?

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They walked across the Bering Strait, which was a land bridge at the time.

Question 5

Which of these is in the correct chronological order?

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Paleolithic era, last Ice Age, Neolithic Revolution, beginning of civilizations

Question 6

As a result of the Neolithic Revolution, by 3,000 BCE the world’s human population grew to

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seventy-five million.

Question 7

The best definition of pastoralism is

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raising livestock.

Question 8

Which is the best definition of agricultural hearths?

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places where agriculture developed independently all over the world

Question 9

Which is a true statement about the Neolithic Revolution?

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The Neolithic Revolution took place over thousands of years.

Question 10

What did a food surplus lead to?

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Increase in population

Human Origins and the Neolithic Revolution Answers