WorksheetsStone Age Britain
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 4mins
When did the Stone Age era start?
Two and a half million years ago
One million years ago
10,000 years ago
4000 years ago
How many stages of Stone Age are there?
2
3
4
5
The Early Stone Age is also known as
Mesolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Palaeolithic Era
What are the significant changes in the Neolithic Era?
growing crops
hunting and gathering
constructing long barrows
mining for bronze
Where was the fireplace positioned in a roundhouse?
by the door to release smoke
at the side of the house, so there was more space
in the middle of the room
Otzi the Ice Man was found in the mountains between Austria and Italy. His body is how old?
9300 years old
3300 years old
5300 years old
1300 years old
What had Otzi been eating before he died?
fish and chips
dried meat - goat or pig
berries
a kind of porridge
4500 years ago, European settlers taught new skills to people living in Britain. What did they learn?
how to weave for clothing and bedding
how to make needles from bone
how to mine for copper and tin
how to cook spaghetti
What was the name archaeologists gave to the European settlers?
The Necklace people
The Beaker people
The Flask people
The Bronze people
In the late Neolithic and Bronze era, archaeologists found that religious ceremonies were taking place. What was the evidence?
remains of churches
books about religious people
stone circles
special clothes
Iron was better than bronze because...
it was a stronger metal
objects could be melted down and reformed
it was a better colour
there was a lot more of it available
What marked the end of the Iron Age in Britain?
the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons
there was no more iron left in Britain
the discovery of gold and silver
the arrival of the Romans
In which age, have archaeologists NOT discovered evidence of roundhouses?
Bronze Age
Roman period
Iron Age
Late (Neolithic) Stone Age
When the last Ice Age ended around 12,000 years ago, what happened to Britain?
the Mesolithic era began
it became an island because of a tsunami off the coast of Britain
woolly mammoths disappeared from Britain
other animals such as woolly rhino and straight-tusked elephants also died out
