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PreHistory Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does prehistoric mean?

a)

Before written history

b)

After written history

c)

Between times in history

d)

Before spoken history

2.

Studies the past by digging up and examining objects that people have left behind.

a)

Archaeologist

b)

Historian

c)

Architect

d)

Geographer

3.

What does BCE mean in relation to history?

a)

Best Cat Ever

b)

Before Common Era

c)

Before Christ Existed

d)

Bourbon Central Elementary

4.

The distant past, from the earliest humans through the first great civilizations.

a)

Distant Memory

b)

A long time ago

c)

Ancient History

d)

Yesterday's History

5.

Studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features.

a)

Archaeologist

b)

Historian

c)

Architect

d)

Geographer

6.

Objects made or used by people in the past.

a)

Fossils

b)

Totems

c)

Relics

d)

Artifacts

7.

What does CE stand for in relation to history?

a)

Cats are Excellent

b)

Common Era

c)

Certain Eternity

d)

Create Everything

8.

What is a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of performed actions in a certain order?

a)

Tradition

b)

Ritual

c)

Celebration

d)

Dance

9.

Studies written history and records the past.

a)

Archaeologist

b)

Historian

c)

Architect

d)

Geographer

10.

What does chronological order mean?

a)

Chronic Disorders

b)

Events are arranged in the order in which they happened in time

c)

Backwards order

d)

Events scattered in time

11.

What is a member of a biological group including human beings and related species that walk upright?

a)

Hominid

b)

Humanoid

c)

Monsters

d)

Cat People

12.

An age when early humans lived in caves or simple huts or tepees and were hunters and gatherers. They used basic stone and bone tools (roughly 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 BCE).

a)

Geolithic Age

b)

Neolithic Age

c)

Paleolithic Age

d)

Agricultural Revolution

13.

People who move from place to place and have no permanent structure to call home are called:

a)

Immigrants

b)

Migrates

c)

Families

d)

Nomads

14.

What was the last stage of the Stone Age, which began around 12,000 years ago and ended as civilizations started to rise around 3500 BCE?

a)

Geolithic Age

b)

Neolithic Age

c)

Paleolithic Age

d)

Agricultural Revolution

15.

The time when humans began farming and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering for food was called the:

a)

Geolithic Age

b)

Neolithic Age

c)

Paleolithic Age

d)

Agricultural Revolution