7th Grade Stone Age Quiz

What's another name for the Paleolithic Era?

• The Old Stone Age

• The New Stone Age

• The Friendly Age: Where Everyone was "Pals"

• The Mesopotamian Period

What's another name for the New Stone Age?

• The Neolithic Period

• The Paleolithic Period

• Last week

• The Mesopotamian Era

What does this map reflect?

• Mr. Schook's running map.

• Animal migratory patterns.

• Humanity's movement during the Paleolithic Era.

• Humanity's movement during the Neolithic Era.

Hunters and Gatherers were major social groups during

• The Neolithic Era

• The Paleolithic Era

• Lunch period

• The Mesopotamia Era

The Agricultural Revolution - when humanity first began farming crops and animals - began when?

• The Paleolithic Era

• The Mesopotamia Era

• When America fought England

• The Neolithic Era

How did humanity get to the Americas?

• They swam.

• Trick question, they began in the Americas.

• They walked over a massive ice bridge.

• Space aliens dropped them off.

"Prehistory" or "Prehistoric" refers to...

• History before time travelers mess with it.

• History taught by preschoolers.

• The past before writing was invented.

• History before the year 0.

All of these are elements of a civilization EXCEPT

• Central government

• Cities

• Electricity

• Shared language

During the Neolithic Period, humanity did all of these except

• Live as hunters and gatherers

• Domesticate, or tame animals

• Irrigate, or bring water to where they lived

• Specialized, or develop many roles in society.

The Paleolithic Era went from 12 million BCE to 8,000 BCE?! How does that work?

• That's how cavepeople measured time.

• Historians don't know math.

• Our current calendar counts down to the believed year Jesus Christ was born.

• Cavepeople lived time in reverse.