PREHISTORY

What is Pre-History?

• Pre-History refers to the time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
• Pre-History is a term used to describe the future.
• Pre-History is the period after the invention of writing.
• Pre-History is the period before written records existed.

What is an Artefact?

• An artefact is a type of musical instrument.
• An artefact is a type of weather phenomenon.
• An artefact is an object made by a human being, typically of cultural or historical interest.
• An artefact is a type of plant species.

Define who is an Archaeologist?

• An archaeologist is a geologist who studies rocks and minerals
• An archaeologist is a scientist who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
• An archaeologist is a chef who specializes in ancient recipes
• An archaeologist is a musician who plays historical instruments

What are the Three Ages in Pre-history?

Stone tool discovered at Jabal Faya dated back to how many years ?

• 150,000 years
• 100,000 years
• 175,000 years
• 125,000 years

Name the two archaeological sites in present day Sharjah?

• Jabal Faya and Suhailah

• Al Barsha and Dubai Marina
• Al Qusais and Al Mamzar
• Jumeirah and Al Khan

Stone Age paintings that are 17,000 years old were found in

• Altamira, Spain

• Petra, Jordan
• Lascaux, France

• Chauvet Cave, France

Archaeologists found some of the oldest Stone Age buildings in southern Turkey at a site called?

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Name the 3 Stone Age Periods

What is the timeline of the Mesolithic period?

• 2,000 to 500 BCE

• 15,000 to 10,000 BCE

• 10,000 to 8,000 BCE

• 5,000 to 1,000 BCE