Prehistory Quiz

Prehistory Quiz

4th - 8th Grade

28 Qs

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Prehistory Quiz

Prehistory Quiz

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Social Studies

4th - 8th Grade

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28 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What do historians and scientists refer to as "prehistory?" What does it refer to?

It just means ancient history

The time period before written language

The Middle Ages

The time before history

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What makes an anthropologist different than a geologist?

A geologist studies insects and an anthropologist studies animals

An anthropologist studies bacteria and a geologist studies rocks

A geologist studies the earth and an anthropologist studies other planets

An anthropologist studies past and present people and cultures and a geologist studies rocks.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is a fossil different from an artifact?

A fossil is preserved remains of a plant, animal, or human

An artifact and fossil are the same

An artifact is plant remains.

Anything found from the time of the dinosaurs

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does an archaeologist focus on?

A scientist who is super old

Studying evidence from the past.

Studying rocks and the earth.

A scientist who studies architecture

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Archaeologists should also know a lot about _______, or the study of past and present people and cultures, along with ___________.
anthropology and geology
legology and burritology 
biology and chemistry
geology and astrology 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

________ are evidence created by early humans showing pictures of how their lives might have been.

Memes

Family photos

Hand prints

Images

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Artifacts can tell us what about the past?

How people enjoyed art

What was kept on their dvr

The way in which early people lived

How much prehistoric people enjoyed pottery

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