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Stone Age Introduction Article Post Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the time period before humans had the ability to write and record their history.

a)

Prehistoric Times

b)

The Stone Age

c)

Ancient Times

d)

All of these

e)

Prehistoric Times or the Stone Age

2.

How do we know about Prehistoric Times?

a)

By studying artifacts

b)

By studying fossils

c)

From primary sources

d)

By studying both artifacts and fossils

3.

Why is this period known as the Stone Age?

a)

Because the period is as old as most rocks or stones

b)

Because rocks were the main material humans used to make tools

c)

The time period was named after the historian who discovered it (Oliver Stone)

4.

How many periods or ages is the Stone Age divided into?

a)

Just one

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

5.

Which of these is the oldest period or age of the Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Archaeolithic Age

6.

Which of these is the newest or most recent age of the Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Archaeolithic Age

7.

Which of these is know as the Middle Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Archaeolithic Age

8.

How did people get their food in the Paleolithic & Mesolithic period or age?

a)

They grew it on small farms

b)

They bought it at farmers markets

c)

They hunted animals and gathered wild berries & nuts

d)

All of these

9.

What does the term nomadic mean from the article?

a)

Staying in one place for a long period of time

b)

Never settling in one place for long

c)

Making tools that gradually get more advanced

d)

None of these define nomadic

10.

How did people get their food in the Neolithic period or age?

a)

They began to plant seeds and grow their own food

b)

They bought it at farmers markets

c)

They hunted animals and gathered wild berries & nuts

d)

All of these

11.

Archaeologists believe the world population during the Paleolithic Age never grew past......

a)

One million people

b)

100,000 people

c)

Ten million people

d)

7 billion people

12.

True or False: People of the Mesolithic Period or Age were still nomadic and hunted & gathered to obtain food.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

During which time period did people first invent bone fishing hooks, bone fishing spears, and canoes?

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Mesolithic Period

c)

Neolithic Period

14.

Which age is nicknamed the New Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Mesolithic Period

c)

Neolithic Period

15.

Which is not true about the Neolithic Period?

a)

People began to settle in one place

b)

People began to tame animals to do work for them

c)

People began to farm

d)

All of these are true about the Neolithic Period

16.

Which age is nicknamed the Old Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic Period

b)

Mesolithic Period

c)

Neolithic Period