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The Stone Age and the earliest societies

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

Which of the following were not the occupations of the earliest people? (There may be more than one answer.)

a)

food gatherers

b)

farmers

c)

hunters

d)

shepherd

e)

nomads

2.

How many sub-periods are there in the stone age and which are they?

a)

four- paleolithic, neolithic, pleistocene, neolithic

b)

three- mesolithic, neolithic, chalcolithic

c)

three- nesolithic, old stone age, mesolithic

d)

three- old stone age, middle stone age, new stone age

e)

two- microlith, choppers, axe head

3.

What were the different techniques of tool making?

a)

chipping and moulding

b)

choppers and flint

c)

stone on stone and pressure flaking

d)

hammers, sickels

e)

blades, burins

4.

The climate of the lower paliolithic age was extremely cold. This caused the geologists to call it ___________________.

a)

bronze age

b)

northgrippen period

c)

paliolithic age

d)

pleistocene period

e)

neolithic age

5.

What were the tools used in the mesolithic age?

(a)  

6.

When did the evolution of mankind began?

a)

neolithic age

b)

Ice age

c)

upper paleolithic age

d)

Iron age

7.

What were the tools used in the middle paliolithic age?

a)

borers and scrapers

b)

choppers and flints

c)

blades and burins

8.

During the Stone age, the early humans made one of the greatest discoveries in human history. What was it?

(a)  

9.

What were the ingredients of the colours that the early men used for painting?

a)

minerals

b)

coloured rock

c)

all of these

10.

What is the meaning of 'Lithos' ?

From which language was it derived from?

a)

old- roman

b)

pebble- latin

c)

stone- greek

d)

middle- sanskrit

e)

new- hindi