Prehistory Quiz

What is prehistory?

• A cooler type of history

• Really old history

• A time before there was writing

• History of animals

What is archaeology?

• Digging in the ground

• A study of human history and prehistory

• A study of bones

• Really dirty work

What is another word for digging?

• Excavating

• Archaeology

• Artefacts

• Shifting

Where did hunter-gatheres first begin living in?

• houses

• huts

• tree houses

• caves

When did the Stone Age begin in Britain?

• 100,000 BC

• 250,000 BC

• 10,000 AD

• 450,000 BC

What are the 3 Stone Age periods called?

• Old, Middle, New

• Primus, Segundos, Tertius

• Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

• First, Second, Third

What came after the Stone Age periods?

• Bronze Age

• Iron Age

• Jesus

• The Egyptians

In which Stone Age period did humans begin fishing?

• Paleolithic

• Mesolithic

• Neolithic

Look at this stone age artefact painting:

What can we learn from it?

• What colours they liked

• The types of animals that lived at the time

• How good they were are Art

• How many bulls there were

In which Stone Age period did humans begin living in villages?

• Paleolithic

• Mesolithic

• Neolithic