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Stone Age

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 45mins

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Class
Date
1.

The Stone Age got its name because of...

a)

People built stone houses and castles

b)

People used pretty rocks for money

c)

There were rocky fields

d)

People used stone tools

2.

Finish the sentence: Hunter-gatherers...

a)

hunted animals and gathered wood.

b)

hunted animals and gathered plants.

c)

hunted animals and gathered bones.

3.

How did the Stone Age people explain their stories?

a)

Wrote a book

b)

Wrote in the dirt

c)

Wrote on cave walls

d)

Used sign language

4.

What materials were the first tools made from?

a)

Stones and bones

b)

Stones and metal

c)

Bones and glass

d)

Metal and wood

5.

True or False: Stone Age people hunted in groups because it was safer.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

What tools did Stone Age people use to hunt? Choose all the correct answers.

a)

Sharpened sticks

b)

Spears tipped with flint or bone

c)

Hand axes

d)

Fishing nets and harpoons

7.

What type of stone did Stone Age people dig mines to collect?

(a)  

8.

Take a look at these Stone Age artefacts. What do you think they were used for? Write your answer in the box below.

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9.

Why do you think flint was so important? What different things was it used for?

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10.

True or False: Stone Age people had dogs for pets

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What did the OLDER stone age people live in? (Mesolithic)

a)

Caves

b)

Houses

c)

Tents

d)

Villages

12.

Where did the NEW Stone age people live? (Neolithic)

a)

Caves

b)

Wooden houses in villages

c)

Tee-pees

d)

Under Cliffs

13.

Why were the wooden houses better than the cave houses?

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