WorksheetsPrehistory
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the time period before a written language was created?
a)
History
b)
Climate
c)
Prehistory
d)
Environment
2.
Who were the earliest humans?
a)
Hunter gatherers
b)
Farmers
c)
Cobblers
d)
Bakers
3.
When scientists study prehistoric people, what do they look at?
a)
Diaries
b)
Map
c)
Artifacts
d)
Stone Tablets
4.
If a person travels from place to place, without a permanent home, what are they?
a)
Domesticated
b)
Landform
c)
Archaeologist
d)
Nomad
5.
____________________ was how early people controlled the flow of water to be sure that the crops they planted had enough to grow until they were harvested.
a)
Climate
b)
Environment
c)
Irrigation
d)
Community
6.
What is technology?
a)
Any invention that makes you wealthy
b)
Any invention that makes life easier
c)
Any invention that does not improve life
d)
Any invention that makes life harder
7.
Cave art is not…..
a)
Shelter decoration
b)
Hunting ritual
c)
religious ritual
d)
written language
8.
What were the roles of men and women in the hunter-gatherer community?
a)
Women gathered and hunted
b)
Men gathered and hunted
c)
Men hunted and women gathered
d)
Women hunted while men gathered
9.
What word means taming plants and animals to make them useful for humans?
a)
Irrigate
b)
Landform
c)
Domestication
d)
Geography
10.
Why did hunter gatherers migrate?
a)
To make better tools
b)
To explore the river valleys
c)
To find food
d)
To find better shelter
11.
Once people learned how to raise plants and animals they no longer had to:
a)
Hunt
b)
Fish
c)
Swim
d)
Migrate
12.
What type of society needed access to a variety of raw materials to survive?
a)
Semi-nomadic
b)
Hunter-gatherer
c)
Explorers
d)
Agricultural
13.
When people move from place to place without ever settling in one area for a long period of time, this is called:
a)
Migration
b)
Domestication
c)
Adaptation
d)
Civilization
14.
What important discovery separates the Paleolithic and Mesolithic eras of the Stone Age?
a)
Fire
b)
Agriculture
c)
Tools
d)
Weapons
15.
Where did early humans choose to settle?
a)
Near the coastline
b)
Near mountains
c)
Near rivers
d)
Near the deserts
16.
What important discovery separates the Mesolithic era from the Neolithic era?
a)
Fire
b)
Agriculture
c)
Weapons
d)
Tools
17.
The ability to maintain fire was a great accomplishment for the hunter-gatherer. Which of the following did fire provide?
a)
Tools for domestication
b)
Tools for hunting
c)
Fresh water supply
d)
Agriculture
18.
What effect of the Agricultural Revolution allowed early humans to make permanent settlements and begin developing civilizations?
a)
Religion
b)
Food surplus
c)
Government
d)
Division of labor
19.
One of the main reasons people settled along rivers was…
a)
Village elders demanded it
b)
land was cheap
c)
To encourage the growth of the arts
d)
Water supply for irrigation
20.
After the Agricultural Revolution, when people began living in civilizations, they stopped_________.
a)
Observing weather for patterns
b)
Domesticating animals
c)
Following animals as they migrated
d)
Living in permanent homes
21.
When you are a member of a group of people with common characteristics or interests, living in the same area, what are you a part of?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Community
c)
Explorers
d)
Geography
22.
Many early human societies maintained domesticated animals for various purposes. What is the best description of a domesticated animal?
a)
An animal, such as a goat or pig, that is controlled, tamed, and used for human benefit.
b)
A relatively small animal, such as a rabbit or beaver, that is especially valued for its hide
c)
An animal, such as a deer or elephant, that is hunted for food
d)
A wild animal, like a lion or zebra, that is hunted in elaborate ceremonies by humans
23.
What did early civilization learn that could improve the quality and the quantity of food produced?
a)
How to properly scatter seeds
b)
Which fish made best fertilizer
c)
How to bring water to their crops during dry season
d)
How to store seeds in the off season
24.
Which of these is the best explanation of the immediate effects of the Agricultural Revolution?
a)
People quit hunting
b)
Writing was invented
c)
Humans began to form villages and towns
d)
Periods of famine reduced the population
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