WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Neolithic Age is also called the ____
A
Ice Age
B
Paleolithic Age
C
New Stone Age
D
Bronze Age
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Neolithic Age is sometimes called the New Stone Age. Neolithic humans used stone tools like their earlier Stone Age ancestors, who eked out a marginal existence in small bands of hunter-gatherers during the last Ice Age.

Detailed explanation-2: -The New Stone Age (Neolithic Era) Like the Old Stone Age, the people of the New Stone Age used stone for tools. Neo is a root we use in the English language, it comes from the Greek word neos, which means new or recent. So, Neolithic means “New Stone."

Detailed explanation-3: -Introduction to the Neolithic Period The Neolithic period lasted from around 4300 BC down to 2000 BC, so some 6000 years before present. Neolithic means ‘New Stone’ and so this period is sometimes called the New Stone Age.

Detailed explanation-4: -Prehistory is split into three main categories, based on developing technologies and the materials they used: Stone, Bronze and Iron. The Stone Age is split into three separate periods: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic.

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