Neolithic Age
Mesopotamia
Mixed Review
100

What change began the Neolithic Age?

farming

100

The environment of southern Mesopotamia was

low and flat with little rain

100

True or False: During the Neolithic Age people started trading with each other.

True

200

What was the greatest benefit to people when early farmers began to raise plants and animals?

They had a stable food supply
200

The name of Mesopotamia comes from where it is located, which was?

between two rivers

200
What did people in the Paleolithic Age live in?

tents and caves

300

Why did people in the Neolithic Age live together in larger groups compared to earlier times?

They could grow enough food to support more people

300

Which factor made farming difficult in the area of Sumer?

Lack of rainfall

300

True or False: During the Paleolithic Age people started farming.

false

400

Archeologists have found decorated pottery and polished stones. What does this suggest about Neolithic people?

They cared about beauty

400

What was the chief purpose of dams and reservoirs?

to store water for later use

400

Mesopotamia built these around their cities.

walls

500

Why did Neolithic people trade?

to get resources they lacked

500

Mesopotamia has this kind of soil

fertile
500

How did people of the Paleolithic Age get their food?

hunting and gathering

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