WorksheetsPrehistory
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
A ______________ is a period of 100 years.
year
prehistory
century
timeline
Both the Paleolithic and the Neolithic belong to the __________________.
Stone Age
Ancient Age
Middle Age
Bronze and Iron Age
What started when Columbus discovered America?
The Middle Ages
The Early Modern Age
Prehistory
The Ancient Age
Humans have evolved and changed since they first appeared about 2.5 million years ago.
True
False
What century did 1925 A.D. belong to?
The 18th Century A.D.
The 20th Century B.C.
The 19th Century A.D.
The 20th Century A.D.
What century did 1700 A.D. belong to?
The 17th Century A.D.
The 18th Century A.D.
The 16th Century A.D.
The 18th Century B.C.
Prehistory ended when ___________ was invented.
fire
tools
writing
the wheel
________________ is the longest period of history, it started 2.5 million years ago and ended 10,000 years ago.
Ancient History
Prehistory
The Modern Age
The Middle Ages
Put these years in chronological order (from oldest to youngest):
1492 A.D.
4080 B.C.
2020 A.D.
101 A.D.
500 B.C.
2020 A.D. -- 1492 A.D. -- 101 A.D -- 500 B.C.-- 4080 B.C
101 A.D. - 500 B.C. --1492 A.D. -- 2020 A.D. -- 4080 B.C.
4080 B.C. -- 500 B.C. -- 101 A.D. -- 1492 A.D. -- 2020 A.D.
500 B.C. -- 4080 B.C. -- 101 A.D. -- 1492 A.D. -- 2020 A.D.
The Paleolithic people were ______________ and the Neolithic people were ______________.
nomadic ; sedentary
sedentary ; nomadic
Why were people nomadic during the Paleolithic Period?
Because they had agriculture
Because they had farm animals
Because they had to search for food
Because they liked to walk a lot
This man lived during the Paleolithic Period. He is using _____________ to __________.
a spear ; hunt
a spear ; fish
a wheel ; trade
fire ; eat
People who look for objects and buildings from the past to tell us about how people lived are called _____________.
nomads
farmers
artists
archeologists
Agriculture began during the _______________ Period. People learned how to cultivate crops and raise animals.
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Bronze and Iron
Ancient
Because of agriculture, people became sedentary and _______________.
walked a lot to search for food
stopped moving and stayed in one place
collected fruits and plants from far away places
did not live permanently in one place
The _____________ people discovered fire and lived in caves and huts.
Neolithic
Paleolithic
Bronze and Iron
Ancient
What people discovered how to make jewelry and weapons from metal?
The Neolithic
The Paleolithic
The Bronze and Iron Age
The Modern Age
When was the wheel invented?
During the Early Modern Age
During the Bronze and Iron Age
During the Paleolithic Period
During the Neolithic Period
Because of the invention of the wheel, there was more _________ because things could be transported more easily to be exchanged.
crops
animals
jewelry
trade
The first type of metal people used to make objects was __________.
Bronze
Iron
Copper
