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Periods of Prehistory

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Neolithic and Paleolithic are periods of the ______

a)

rock age

b)

stone age

c)

middle ages

d)

prehistory

2.

Nomads were people who____

a)

moved from one place to another

b)

stayed in one place

c)

invented the wheel

3.

What did nomads carve from stone, bone, and wood?

a)

wheels

b)

houses and shelter

c)

tools and weapons

4.

What does Palaeolithic mean?

a)

new stone

b)

old stone

c)

many stones

5.

Where did nomads live?

a)

in castros

b)

in the mountains

c)

in caves and huts

d)

on the beach

6.

This is an example of a ______

a)

cow

b)

weapon

c)

cave painting

d)

cave pottery

7.

What does neolithic mean?

a)

new stone

b)

old stone

c)

little stone

d)

smooth rock

8.

In the neolithic period people became sedentary, which means_______

a)

they moved from place to place

b)

they lived in one place

c)

they hunted animals

9.

Exchange goods without using money is called ________

a)

buying

b)

selling

c)

barter

d)

steal

10.

In the neolithic period,

a)

people started to farm crops and animals

b)

people became artisans

c)

people made better tools

d)

all of the above

11.

When people started to use metal and not stone, is the beginning of the ________

a)

stone age

b)

Metal Ages

c)

Prehistory

d)

Ancient ages

12.

What are the three periods of the Metal Ages?

a)

gold, copper, bronze

b)

Silver, Bronze, Gold

c)

Copper, Bronze, Iron

13.

Which is the strongest metal?

a)

copper

b)

bronze

c)

iron

d)

they're all equally strong

14.

Iron is naturally abundant, meaning we can find a lot of it.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

I don't know

15.

The wheel was invented in the ______

a)

neolithic

b)

palaeolithic

c)

metal ages

d)

stone age

16.

What were created to help people travel further in the metal ages?

a)

cars

b)

potter's wheel

c)

trade routes

17.

Metalworkers could make better tools because they

a)

were able to buy better tools

b)

heated the metal and then used a hammer to shape it

c)

were stronger

d)

used gold

18.

The two groups of people who migrated to the Iberian Peninsula were the

a)

Greeks and Romans

b)

Celts and Iberians

c)

Spanish and French

d)

Celtiberians

19.

Who settled in the north and centre of the Iberian Peninsula?

a)

celts

b)

iberians

c)

catros

20.

The Iberians settled ________

a)

near portugal

b)

in the north

c)

along the Mediterranean coast and in the south

d)

on the west coast

21.

The Celts and Iberians lived exactly the same.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Who had their own currency and writing system?

a)

celts

b)

iberians

c)

both A&B

23.

The Celts and Iberians were both good sculptors

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Who traded with the Greeks?

a)

Celts

b)

Iberians

c)

both A and B

25.

The Iberians arrived to the Peninsula in the Bronze Age, and the Celts arrived in the _______

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Copper Age

c)

Iron Age

26.

Bronze is a mix of ___________ and __________.

a)

silver and gold

b)

iron and copper

c)

copper and tine

27.

The ______________ was invented in Neolithic period.

a)

potter's wheel

b)

clay pots

c)

sculptures

28.

Who lived in settlements called castros?

a)

Celts

b)

Iberians