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Music history: Prehistory and Antiquity

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did music begin to exist?

a)

With the first program of OT

b)

When I was born

c)

Since the ukelele was invented

d)

Since the human being exists

2.

What materials were used to make the first instruments?

a)

Metal, plastic and cloth

b)

Bones, sticks, canes, stones, palm leaves...

c)

Only wood

d)

Strings, canes, cardboard, rubber hens...

3.

What happened to musicians if they were captured in battle in Mesopotamia?

a)

They asked to play happy songs

b)

They cut their hair

c)

They spared their lifes

d)

They gave them a sword and sent them to fight

4.

How do we know about music in Egypt?

a)

They left pictures

b)

They recorded audio files

c)

They left us some instruments hidden behind the walls

d)

Music did’t exist in Egypt

5.

In Greece they studied music at school.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Only in Summer

d)

Only pets

6.

In Prehistory music was used to...

a)

Join the group

b)

Communicate with ancestors

c)

Pray

d)

All answers are correct

7.

How did music begin?

a)

Making birds sing and stepping on dinosaurs tails

b)

Imitating sounds of nature or in daily activities

c)

Crashing their heads together

d)

Chewing chewing-gums with the mouth open

8.

In Prehistory music was thought to have...

a)

Magical and spiritual powers

b)

A never ending battery

c)

Fire coming from heaven

d)

Ears

9.

Name a famous Prehistoric musician:

a)

I can’t

b)

Whistling Like Canary

c)

Bearman Clapping Sticks

d)

Whereare Myclothes

10.

Romans music...

a)

Was as happy as a tambourine

b)

Was influenced by many cultures

c)

Had no instruments

d)

Was recorded with an ipad