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PREHISTORY

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the first period in Prehistory?

a)

Metal Age

b)

Neolithic

c)

Palaeolithic

d)

Middle Age

2.

In the Palaeolithic Period, humans were...

a)

Sedentary

b)

Ugly

c)

Nomads

d)

Sedentary and nomads

3.

When humans became sedentary in the Neolithic Period, they live in...

a)

Villages

b)

Towns

c)

cities

d)

Hotels

4.

If you live in the Neolithic Period, what new kind of tool would you use?

a)

Bones

b)

Stones

c)

Polish stones

d)

Metal tools

5.

Where did Metal Age people start to live?

a)

very big cities

b)

small towns

c)

villages

d)

caves

6.

When did Prehistory end?

a)

when hominids appeared

b)

When fire was discovered

c)

When writing was invented

d)

When Christ was born

7.

How many periods are there in Prehistory?

a)

five

b)

seven

c)

four

d)

three

8.

What does " nomad" means?

a)

A tribe that stays in the same place

b)

A tribe that lives in caves

c)

A tribe with a lot of warriors

d)

A tribe that travels from place to place.

9.

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

10.

The opposite of NOMAD is...

a)

Cattle herder

b)

Farmer

c)

Blacksmith

d)

Sedentary

11.

The last period in History is called...

a)

Metal Ages

b)

Ancient Times

c)

Contemporary Ages

d)

Modern Age

12.

What is a tribe?

a)

A group a huts

b)

A small group of people

c)

A group of different animals

d)

a big group of people that lives in a citty

13.

Choose the correct order

a)

Prehistory, Ancient Times, Middle Ages, Comtemporary Ages and Modern Age.

b)

Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Metal Ages, Ancient Times, Middle Ages, Modern Age and Contemporary Ages.

c)

Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Metal Ages, Middle Ages, Contemporary Ages and Modern Age.

d)

Prehistory, Ancient Times,Comtemporary Ages, Modern Age and Middle Ages,

14.

Trading without money is called...

a)

metallurgy

b)

loom

c)

barter

d)

weapons

15.

First tools were made of...

a)

Stone, bone and ivory

b)

Bone and stone

c)

Stone and ivory

d)

Stone, bone and metal

16.

When did first humand developed language and social skils?

a)

Metal ages

b)

Middle ages

c)

Palaeolithic

d)

Neolithic

17.

The neolithic period began with

a)

The development of agriculture and livestock

b)

When the firt hominids appeared

c)

When the first writing appeared

d)

When humans discovered America

18.

What did they obtain from animals?

a)

Meat, milk, pelts and wool

b)

Meat, milk and wool

c)

Milk, pelts and wool

d)

Meat, milk, pelts, wool and crops

19.

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.

20.

What were new forms of transport?

a)

Sailing boats and carts with wheels

b)

Sailing boats and wheels

c)

Sailing boats, carts with wheels and trains

d)

Carts with wheels