Early Humans & the Neolithic Revolution — Chapter quiz · Ancient Civilizations, Grade 6

Journey from the wandering hunter-gatherers of the Stone Age to the farming revolution that let people finally settle down — and watch the first villages grow into the world's very first civilizations.

Problem 1

Does no surviving wooden tool prove none existed?
Answer and explanation

No. Wood can decay; the material record is incomplete.

No. Wood can decay; the material record is incomplete.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 2

Give two supported possibilities and a conclusion that would overreach. Explain a relevant limit as part of your answer.
Answer and explanation

Repeated activity and skilled resource use are plausible; seasonal remains may suggest repeated visits. The evidence alone does not establish an exact language, family structure or a claim of low intelligence.

Repeated activity and skilled resource use are plausible; seasonal remains may suggest repeated visits. The evidence alone does not establish an exact language, family structure or a claim of low intelligence.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 3

Did all communities begin farming at the same time?
Answer and explanation

No. Dates, crops, practices and continued foraging differed.

No. Dates, crops, practices and continued foraging differed.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 4

Explain why this supports a transition but not an instant total replacement. Explain a relevant limit as part of your answer.
Answer and explanation

The dated pattern suggests increasing cultivation/storage. Continuing fish remains show mixed subsistence, and the layers do not identify one universal cause or a single day agriculture began.

The dated pattern suggests increasing cultivation/storage. Continuing fish remains show mixed subsistence, and the layers do not identify one universal cause or a single day agriculture began.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 5

Must every artisan be a full-time nonfarmer?
Answer and explanation

No. Work roles can overlap by season and household.

No. Work roles can overlap by season and household.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 6

Repair the account and explain a social question the numbers cannot answer. Explain a relevant limit as part of your answer.
Answer and explanation

Only 10 are allocated to exchange in this model;20 are reserved. The arithmetic does not establish who controlled storage, who worked or whether distribution was fair.

Only 10 are allocated to exchange in this model;20 are reserved. The arithmetic does not establish who controlled storage, who worked or whether distribution was fair.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 7

Is one language necessarily one state?
Answer and explanation

No. States can include multiple languages and language communities can span states.

No. States can include multiple languages and language communities can span states.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

Problem 8

Rewrite the label and name two evidence routes. Explain a relevant limit as part of your answer.
Answer and explanation

“Its history can be studied through archaeological remains and critically contextualized oral traditions; no written archive is currently known.” Explain dates/provenance and do not treat an absence in one medium as an absence of culture.

“Its history can be studied through archaeological remains and critically contextualized oral traditions; no written archive is currently known.” Explain dates/provenance and do not treat an absence in one medium as an absence of culture.

Response criteria

  • Answer the actual question with accurate details.
  • Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
  • State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.

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