Stone age MCQ Questions and Answers for Practice

1. A man whose body laid covered with snow and ice for thousands of years. He lived in 3000 B.C. or 5,000 years ago.

1. Iceman of the Alps
2. Nomad
3. Archaeologist
4. None of these

2. A person who has no single, settled home

1. Iceman of the Alps
2. Nomad
3. Archaeologist
4. None of these

3. During the New Stone Age, what did farming settlements need in order to develop into cities?

1. a deposit of minerals
2. metal tools
3. a dependable source of water
4. different kinds of cloth

4. During the period of prehistory, people developed the ability to

1. farm the land
2. trade
3. use fire
4. gather plants and seeds

5. Having a dependable source of water enabled some farming settlements

1. to manufacture cloth
2. to look for minerals
3. to build defense systems
4. to develop into cities

6. How did farming change the way early people lived?

1. They stopped eating meat
2. They settled in one place
3. They built schools
4. They moved from place to place

7. In the New Stone Age, for the first time, people began to

1. gather plants and seeds
2. farm the land
3. search for new lands
4. trade with other countries

8. In the words prehistoric and prehistory, the word part pre means

1. toward
2. after
3. during
4. before

9. Period of time in the past before writing was invented

1. History
2. Prehistory
3. Oral Tradition
4. None of these

10. Scientists studied the Icemans clothing, tools, and body to learn

1. how people lived in Africa
2. about the geography of the Alps
3. how early people learned to farm
4. more about his life

11. Surplus food during the New Stone Age allowed more people to become

1. farmers
2. warriors
3. fishers
4. artisans

12. The people in the Old Stone Age got their food by hunting animals

1. and gathering wild plants
2. and farming the land
3. and domesticating them
4. and selling them as meat

13. Which of the following is one characteristic of a civilization of the ancient world?

1. a system of hunting
2. gatherers
3. small, rural towns
4. social classes

14. Which of the following resulted from having surplus food during the New Stone Age?

1. rapid population growth
2. more hunting
3. trade with other countries
4. fewer settlements