Chapter 4: Prehistory

Spanned from the origins of human beings to the invention of writing in the year 3000 BC.

• prehistory

• history

• protohistory

Spans about 3.5 million years of humankind's past.

• history

• protohistory

• prehistory

Is the human past that can be studied through written documents.

• prehistory

• history

• protohistory

Is the period of time from which no written information can be found.

• history

• protohistory

• prehistory

Human beings originated about five million years ago. .

• True

• False

Writing was invented around the year 3000 AD.

• True

• False

Prehistory split into two ages: the Stone Ages and the Metal Ages.

• True

• False

The Neolithic is the earliest period of the Stone Ages .

• True

• False

The Neolithic era is the Stone's Ages final time period.

• True

• False

The Mesolithic is the intermediate phase between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic and was a phase of great changes.

• True

• False