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WorksheetsPrehistory - Mrs. Decker
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 58mins
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.
If a person travels from place to place, without a permanent home, what are they?
a)
Domesticated
b)
Landform
c)
Archaeologist
d)
Nomad
4.
What word means taming plants and animals to make them useful for humans?
a)
Irrigate
b)
Landform
c)
Domestication
d)
Geography
5.
Where did early humans choose to settle?
a)
Near the coastline
b)
Near mountains
c)
Near rivers
d)
Near the deserts
6.
What important discovery separates the Mesolithic era from the Neolithic era?
a)
Fire
b)
Agriculture
c)
Weapons
d)
Tools
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
What does surplus mean?
a)
Not enough food
b)
Not enough water
c)
too much food
d)
too much water
11.
Another name for farming is ...
a)
Planting
b)
Settling
c)
Agriculture
d)
Nomad
12.
Having more of a product than is needed is called ...
a)
Extra
b)
Nomadic
c)
Specialization
d)
Surplus
13.
Which of the following BEST defines society?
a)
a community of people who share a religion
b)
a community of people who share a region
c)
a community of people who share a common culture
d)
a community of people who share a language
14.
How did Early Humans tell their stories?
a)
Wrote a book
b)
Drew on walls
c)
Drew in the dirt
d)
Sang a song
15.
Archaeologists are known for their study of:
a)
ancientwritten records.
b)
the physical remains of a civilization
c)
linguisticrelationships.
d)
various typesof primates.
16.
The Neolithic Revolution refers to the time when early humans-
a)
masteredfire.
b)
developed agriculture.
c)
migrated fromAfrica.
d)
organized governments
17.
People who follow herds of animals and have no permanent homes are called ____________.
a)
nomads
b)
fishermen
c)
merchants
d)
domestication
18.
An object made and used by people of the past
a)
Midden
b)
Radiocarbon dating
c)
Artifact
d)
Site
19.
Complex society with cities, organized government and a system of writing.
a)
cuneiform
b)
civilization
c)
technology
d)
city-state
20.
What led to the building of permanent settlements?
a)
usage of irrigation systems
b)
development of simple governments
c)
development of agriculture
d)
end of bloody warfare
21.
Archaeologists learn about prehistoric people by studying all of the following except
a)
Fossils
b)
Pottery
c)
tools and weapons
d)
written record
22.
What does B.C.E mean?
a)
Before Common Era
b)
Before Cro-Magnon Era
c)
The years before the birth of Christ
d)
The years after the Christian Era began
23.
Where did humans cross over into North and South America?
a)
Bering Land Bridge
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Russian Bridge
d)
American Bridge
24.
People who specialized in jobs and became skilled craftworkers were known as
a)
artisans.
b)
priests.
c)
nobles.
d)
peasant farmers.
25.
The land bridge that connected Asia and North America
a)
Beringia
b)
Eurasia
c)
The Americas
d)
Mesopotamia
26.
The discovery of bronze brought an end to the Stone Age.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Which of the following was a common location for the construction of early towns and villages?
a)
Hilltops
b)
Overhanging cliffs
c)
Rivers
d)
Plateaus
28.
Which date is the earliest in time?
a)
700 AD
b)
320 BC
c)
2300 BCE
d)
321 AD
29.
Wheat and barley were wild plants that grew well in Southwest Asia.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Dogs became important to humans during the Mesolithic Era?
a)
True
b)
False
31.
The era also known as the "New Stone Age".
a)
Mesolithic Era
b)
Neolithic Era
c)
Paleolithic Era
d)
Mesozoic Era
32.
The era also known as the "Middle Stone Ages".
a)
Neolithic Era
b)
Mesozoic Era
c)
Paleolithic Era
d)
Mesolithic Era
33.
An object created by and used by living things.
a)
Artifact
b)
Culture
c)
Archeology
d)
Climate
34.
The process of changing plants and animals to make them more useful to humans.
a)
migrate
b)
culture
c)
tools
d)
domestication
35.
An early ancestor of humans.
a)
Artifact
b)
Megaliths
c)
Hominid
d)
Archeologist
36.
Items on a timeline are organized by
a)
chronology
b)
problem and solution
c)
cause and effect
d)
compare and contrast
37.
The domestication of plants and animals resulted in
a)
a decrease in the population
b)
an increase of hunting and gathering
c)
a lack of variety in foods
d)
a surplus of food
38.
What factors best explain why humans migrated?
a)
lack of food and climate
b)
abundance of food and health
c)
weather conditions and population
d)
disease and famine
39.
Which is the best description of a nomadic group of people?
a)
people who live in a city or state
b)
people who live in houses and drive cars
c)
people who move from place to place in search of food
d)
people who grow crops and stay in one place permanently
40.
How did domestication affect community life?
a)
People did not need tools.
b)
People searched for different foods.
c)
People did not need to hunt for food anymore.
d)
People had less food.
41.
What does prehistory mean?
a)
Before man
b)
Before writing
c)
Before farming
d)
Before language
42.
Which word means the time period known as the New Stone Age, when humans first began to develop agriculture (farming)?
a)
prehistory
b)
Paleolithic Era
c)
Neolithic Era
d)
Mesolithic Era
e)
Ice Age
43.
Which statement best describes hunters and gatherers?
a)
They were experts at using their environment to meet their basis needs.
b)
The tools they made from metal helped them to survive.
c)
They domesticated animals to help with daily activities.
d)
They developed ways to bring water to their crops.
44.
What is the first period in Prehistory?
a)
Metal Age
b)
Neolithic
c)
Palaeolithic
d)
Middle Age
45.
What were megaliths?
a)
Prehistoric monuments made with big stones.
b)
Prehistoric monuments made with wood
c)
Very important Egipcian monuments
d)
The first museums of the Earth
46.
First tools were made of...
a)
Stone, bone and ivory
b)
Bone and stone
c)
Stone and ivory
d)
Stone, bone and metal
47.
What did they use metal for?
a)
To make jewellery, weapons and tools.
b)
To make jewellery and tools.
c)
To make weapons and tools.
d)
To make jewellery, weapons and pottery.
48.
The name for the New Stone Age
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Mesolithic Age
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Information Age
49.
Which of the following is NOT true about hunters and gatherers?
a)
They moved in order to hunt their prey.
b)
They were nomadic.
c)
They had pigs, sheep, and goats on their farms.
d)
They had temporary shelters.
50.
Bronze and Iron Age people.......... metal to make different shapes
a)
metalworker
b)
evaporated
c)
freezed
d)
melted
51.
What does an archaeologist do?
a)
A scientist who is super old
b)
A scientist who digs up evidence from the past
c)
A scientist who studies rocks
d)
A scientist who studies architecture
52.
Artifacts can tell us what about the past?
a)
How people enjoyed art
b)
What was kept on their dvr
c)
How people lived and the way in which they lived
d)
How much prehistoric people enjoyed pottery
53.
__________________ was the first prehistoric human ever found to use tools.
a)
Homo africanus
b)
Homo sapien sapien
c)
Homo habilis
d)
Homo naledi
54.
Name another human ancestor, besides Homo erectus and Homo sapiens.
a)
Homo habilis
b)
Nomo Nachos
c)
justo bieberus
d)
Ugg the Strong
55.
What effect did the ice ages have on early humans?
a)
Early humans were forced to control large fires.
b)
Early humans were forced to adapt to new environments.
c)
Early humans were forced to fish.
d)
Early humans were forced to hunt.
56.
According to scientists, how did early people migrate out of Africa and into new places?
a)
They followed Otzi the ice-man.
b)
They used ships.
c)
They used land bridges.
d)
They used technology.
57.
Hunter-gatherers only ate fruit, seeds, and nuts.
a)
True
b)
False
58.
What is the definition of technology?
a)
Digital devices such as iPads, cell phones, etc
b)
tools and skills used to meet needs and wants
c)
handheld object, helps a person do something
59.
Our historical timelines center around which person?
a)
the life and death of Muhammad
b)
the birth of the world
c)
the life and death of Jesus Christ
d)
the life and death of the invisible man
60.
What does Common Era refer to?
a)
the time after Jesus Christ
b)
the time before Jesus Christ
61.
Scientists believe that the earliest humans evolved in and migrated from which continent?
a)
Europe
b)
North America
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
62.
Which of the following is NOT a possible reason for the cave paintings made by the Paleolithic people?
a)
The paintings were the first expressions of art.
b)
The paintings taught young hunters how to hunt.
c)
The paintings taught young farmers how to plant seeds.
d)
The paintings had religious significance.
63.
Which statement best explains the greatest effect the emergence of agriculture had on early societies?
a)
The population steadily decreased.
b)
People were not able to specialize in just one trade.
c)
Agriculture made it harder to find food.
d)
The population steadily increased.
64.
How did the start of farming change early human tribes?
a)
It forced them to stay in one place and build villages and cities.
b)
It caused them to continue to hunt animals and gather plants.
c)
It ended fighting between the tribes for land.
d)
It stopped them from building temples for their gods.
65.
What is the term that describes the discovery of farming?
a)
domesticated
b)
Neolithic Age
c)
Paleolithic Age
d)
Agricultural Revolution
66.
What is another name for the Neolithic Age?
a)
Stone Age
b)
New Stone Age
c)
Old Stone Age
d)
The Ice Age
67.
Where did the first civilizations rise?
a)
near rivers
b)
near mountains
c)
North America
d)
Near a sea
68.
When scientists study prehistoric people, what do they look at?
a)
Diaries
b)
Map
c)
Artifacts
d)
Stone Tablets
69.
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
70.
What were megaliths?
a)
Prehistoric monuments made with wood
b)
Very important Egipcian monuments
c)
The first museums of the Earth
d)
Prehistoric monuments made with big stones
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