Multiple choice

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

  1. They were nomads who moved faster in larger groups.

  2. They made special goods like baskets and pottery.

  3. They needed more people for hunting and gathering.

  4. They could grow enough food to support more people.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The shift to agriculture provided a reliable and surplus food supply, which could support larger populations living in one place compared to the nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

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