wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Pre-History

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 3hrs 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does C.E. stand for?

a)

Common Era

b)

Christ Era

c)

Common Example

2.

What does B.C.E stand for?

a)

Before Christ Existed

b)

Before Common Era

c)

Between Christ Era

3.

What era of people used agriculture?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Neolithic

4.

The taming of animals for human use, such as work or as food is called ______.

a)

surplus

b)

agriculture

c)

domestication

5.

What is a surplus?

a)

an extra amount

b)

a type of tool

c)

the domestication of animals

6.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the lifestyle of a nomad?

a)

Planting crops

b)

Building a permanent home

c)

Tracking animal herds and gathering plants

d)

Domesticating animals

7.

How did domesticating animals change life for humans?

a)

Human families became smaller to conserve food

b)

Animals provided humans with a reliable food source.

c)

Animals became friends with humans

8.
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
9.

What made the Neolithic Age different from the Paleolithic Age?

a)

Settled communities

b)

Increased Agriculture

c)

Pottery & Weaving skills

d)

All of these

10.

What development enabled man to live as farmers?

a)

Warm clothing and shelter

b)

Domestication of plants & animals

c)

invention of pottery

11.

Another name for farming is ...

a)

Surplus

b)

Settling

c)

Agriculture

d)

Migrating

12.
Scientists believe that the earliest humans evolved in and migrated from which continent?
a)
Europe
b)
North America
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
13.
2b: Which of the following describes the Paleolithic Era:
a)
learned to make fire, lived in clans, created cave art, developed oral language
b)
began cities, made pottery, weaving skills, agriculture
c)
agriculture, cave art, fire, pottery
d)
domesticated animals, lived in clans, oral language, began cities
14.

What summarizes the Neolithic Revolution?

a)

agriculture

b)

hunting and gathering

15.

What is a supply?

a)

an explanation of a birth

b)

an example of a skill

c)

a stock of resource from which a person or place can be provided with the necessary amount of that resouce

16.
What is the time period before a written language was created?
a)
History
b)
Climate
c)
Prehistory
d)
Environment
17.
Who were the earliest humans?
a)
Hunter gatherers
b)
Farmers
c)
Cobblers
d)
Bakers
18.
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
19.
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
20.
An object made and used by people of the past
a)
Midden
b)
Radiocarbon dating
c)
Artifact
d)
Site
21.

All civilizations have an organized central _________________.

a)

Government

b)

Religion

c)

Cities

d)

Classes

e)

Record Keeping

22.

All civilizations have social _____________.

a)

Government

b)

Religion

c)

Cities

d)

Classes

e)

Record Keeping

23.

All civilizations have writing or organized __________ __________.

a)

Government

b)

Religion

c)

Cities

d)

Classes

e)

Record Keeping

24.

All civilizations have _________ specialization.

a)

Art

b)

Job

c)

Works

25.

What allowed cities to grow and the population to increase?

a)

A surplus of weapons

b)

A surplus of people

c)

A surplus of food

d)

A surplus of animals

26.

Which feature of civilization creates and keeps order in society through laws?

a)

Religion

b)

Social Classes

c)

Government

d)

Writing

27.

Most early religions were polytheistic - What does that mean?

a)

Belief in many gods

b)

Belief in on god

c)

Belief in no god or gods

28.

What allowed some people to stop farming and focus on different jobs.

a)

Farmers were growing less food.

b)

Farmers were growing just the right amount of food.

c)

Farmers were growing enough food for more than themselves.

29.

What feature split people up based on their level of respect or the type of job they did?

a)

Religion

b)

Government

c)

Social Classes

d)

Writing and Record Keeping

30.

What feature was created to express the values of a civilization?

a)

Social classes

b)

Art and Architecture

c)

Writing Systems

d)

Government

31.
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
a)
sharing music from one culture to another
b)
Cultural margarine
c)
the spreading of religion
d)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another
32.
What was the Ice Age?
a)
A period when early people made tools from stone and bone
b)
A period when stronger weapons were created
c)
A period when dinosaurs died out
d)
A period when much of the earth's water was frozen in glaciers 
33.
The theory that suggests early man began in Africa and moved to new places is called?
a)
The Great Migration theory
b)
Populating the Earth theory
c)
Out of Africa theory
d)
The Exploration theory
34.
How were Neanderthals and later Homo Sapiens different from other earlier humans?
a)
They lived in East Africa
b)
They had larger skulls, bigger brains, and buried their dead with ceremony
c)
They were hunter-gatherers
d)
They stood upright and used tools
35.
The study of the past based on what people left behind.
a)
Geography
b)
Archeology
c)
Astronomy
d)
Biography
36.
How did farming change life for early people?
a)
Hunting gave people a reason to settle.
b)
Agriculture, gave people a reason to migrate.
c)
Agriculture, gave people a reason to settle.
d)
Farming gave people a reason to seek new land.
37.
The time before writing is know as
a)
history
b)
prehistory
38.
Tools used by Paleolithic man were mostly made from
a)
copper
b)
wood
c)
steel
d)
stone
39.
The Agricultural Revolution best represents
a)
learning how to use different tools
b)
a time of widespread disease
c)
a change from hunting-gathering to farming
d)
settling in one place

Similar Resources on Wayground

Texas Revolution Test Review

37 questions

Texas Revolution Test Review

quiz

Worksheet

•

7th Grade

Unit 1 Test Review "Geography & Natives"

35 questions

Unit 1 Test Review "Geography & Natives"

quiz

Worksheet

•

7th - 10th Grade

Medieval Europe Review

37 questions

Medieval Europe Review

quiz

Worksheet

•

6th - 8th Grade

Amendments 11 - 17

38 questions

Amendments 11 - 17

quiz

Worksheet

•

7th - 10th Grade

Branches of US Government

34 questions

Branches of US Government

quiz

Worksheet

•

6th - 8th Grade

Globalization

40 questions

Globalization

quiz

Worksheet

•

6th - 12th Grade

China, Taiwan, Mongolia

40 questions

China, Taiwan, Mongolia

quiz

Worksheet

•

6th - 8th Grade

Yleistietoa lomaa odotellessa

40 questions

Yleistietoa lomaa odotellessa

quiz

Worksheet

•

7th - 9th Grade