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WorksheetsCave Europe
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
What time period does "prehistoric" refer to?
Before the year 1999
Before the modern era
Before written records
when dinosaurs lived
What do scientists think may have been the reason why ancient artists made paint by grinding different minerals and mixing the powder with fat or oil?
A. To find out which paint would last longest.
B. To make different colors of paint for their art.
C. To make the paint dry in different lengths of time.
D. To use the paint in ceremonies for hunting different animals.
Paleolithic People later used brushes made of ________ ______ to complete their paintings.
Animal Hair
Human Hair
Tall Grass
tree limbs
Scientific method of dating?
Carbon 14
Hydrogen 13
DNA Analysis
calcium 22
Anno Domini means what in Latin?
Annual Divinity
After Death
Year of the Lord
Another Day
In this time period man used only stone, bone and wood for tools and did not yet have use of fire.
Stonehenge was built around 3000 BC near ________.
Newgrange Ireland
Veracruz Mexico
Wiltshire England
Athens Greece
BCE stands for .....
Before Curiosity Existed
Bacon, Cucumber, Eggs
Before Common Era
Because Christ Existed
Scientific name for human is _________ which is Latin for "Wise Man".
Magdalenian
Neanderthal
Cro-Magnon
Homo Sapien
Translates into "Old Stone" , _____________ Period was from 250,000 BCE to 10,000 BCE.
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Medieval
Another name for Mesolithic would be ________.
New Stone
Middle Stone
Red Stone
Old Stone
Three principal animals found in the Lascaux cave are?
Bulls, Mammoth, Deer
Horse, Mammoth, Deer
Horse, Ox, Deer
Horse, Mammoth, Ox
3 Periods of the Stone Ages.
Tertiary, Permian, Cambrian
Egyptian, Gothic, Medieval
Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic
Paleolithic, Modern, Contemporary
These people of upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic were found to live in western Europe and were more advanced.
Shaman
Nomadic
Homo Sapien
Magdalenians
One of the oldest artifacts ever found was an 80,000 year old _______________.
Venus Figurine
bowl
snail shell necklace
ax
This is the most famous location for prehistoric cave paintings; found near Dordogne, France.
Altamira
Chauvet
Skhul
Lascaux
What period first painted their pottery for decoration?
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Gothic
First construction of man was _________ & ___________ during the Neolithic Period. Ex Stonehenge
Beam and Brace
Post & Lego
Beam & Lintel
Post & Lintel
