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prehistory

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the first period in Prehistory?

a)

Metal Age

b)

Neolithic

c)

Palaeolithic

d)

Middle Age

2.

In the Palaeolithic Period, humans were...

a)

Sedentary

b)

Ugly

c)

Nomads

d)

Sedentary and nomads

3.

When humans became sedentary in the Neolithic Period, they live in...

a)

Villages

b)

Towns

c)

cities

d)

Hotels

4.

If you live in the Neolithic Period, what new kind of tool would you use?

a)

Bones

b)

Stones

c)

Polish stones

d)

Metal tools

5.

When did Prehistory end?

a)

when hominids appeared

b)

When fire was discovered

c)

When writing was invented

d)

When Christ was born

6.

What does " nomad" means?

a)

A tribe that stays in the same place

b)

A tribe that lives in caves

c)

A tribe with a lot of warriors

d)

A tribe that travels from place to place.

7.

The opposite of NOMAD is...

a)

Cattle herder

b)

Farmer

c)

Blacksmith

d)

Sedentary

8.

First tools were made of...

a)

Stone, bone and ivory

b)

Bone and stone

c)

Stone and ivory

d)

Stone, bone and metal

9.

The neolithic period began with

a)

The development of agriculture and livestock

b)

When the firt hominids appeared

c)

When the first writing appeared

d)

When humans discovered America

10.

Which of these words are about Paleolithic?

a)

fire

b)

agriculture

c)

huts and caves

d)

tools

11.

Find three words about Neolithic...

a)

agriculture

b)

nomadic

c)

sedentary

d)

artisans and farmers

12.

Who discovered agriculture?

a)

Paleolithic People

b)

Metal age people

c)

Neolithic people

d)

prehistory people

13.

Which word means the time period known as the New Stone Age, when humans first began to develop agriculture (farming)?

a)

prehistory

b)

Paleolithic Era

c)

Neolithic Era

d)

Mesolithic Era

e)

Ice Age

14.

Which word means the time period known as the Old Stone Age, when humans were hunter-gatherers who moved from place to place to survive?

a)

prehistory

b)

Paleolithic Era

c)

Neolithic Era

d)

Mesolithic Era

e)

Ice Age

15.

An early ancestor of humans

a)

hominid

b)

society

c)

children

d)

megalith

16.

a group of people that survives based on its ability to capture and kill animals and to find and use wild plants, seeds, fruits, and nuts

a)

hunter-gatherer

b)

ancestor

c)

hominid

d)

society

17.

deliberately changing plants or animals to make them more useful to humans

a)

domestication

b)

agriculture

c)

tool

d)

hominid

18.

another word for farming

a)

agriculture

b)

domestication

c)

megalith

d)

hominid

19.
Where did early humans choose to settle?
a)
Near the coastline
b)
Near mountains
c)
Near rivers
d)
Near the deserts
20.

a relative who lived in the past

a)

ancestor

b)

hominid

c)

megalith

d)

society

21.

a relative who lived in the past

a)

ancestor

b)

hominid

c)

megalith

d)

society

22.
The name for the New Stone Age
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Mesolithic Age
c)
Neolithic Age
d)
Information Age
23.
The name for the Old Stone Age
a)
Neolithic
b)
Space Age
c)
Paleolithic
d)
Mesolithic
24.
Which of the following DOES NOT describe life during the Paleolithic Stone Age?
a)
Hunting and gathering
b)
Hominids lived in small bands
c)
Farming
d)
Use of simple stone tools
25.
Which of the following DOES NOT describe life during the Neolithic Stone Age?
a)
Art became more advanced
b)
Writing developed
c)
Farming became more advanced
d)
Stone technology advanced
26.
Which hominid lived in the Neolithic Stone Age?
a)
Australopithecus
b)
Homo habilis
c)
Neanderthal
d)
Homo sapien sapien
27.

_____ is a hard stone with sharp edges.

Paleolithic people made sharp knives and ax heads.

a)

Steel

b)

Flint

c)

Bronze

d)

Silver

28.

During the Paleolithic Age, people learned how to make ____. Once people had ____, they could eat cooked food.

a)

earth

b)

water

c)

air

d)

fire

29.

What is the biggest achievement of the Neolithic Age?

a)

agriculture

b)

copper tools

c)

flint axes

d)

spoken language

30.

How did agriculture change the lifestyle of the early peoples?

a)

They continued to hunt and gather.

b)

They stopped farming.

c)

They were still nomads.

d)

They began to settle.

31.

All of these would be considered artifacts except

a)

weapons

b)

tools

c)

works of art

d)

bones

32.
According to the  timeline, when did the Neolithic era begin?
a)
8000 B.C.
b)
4,000 B.C.
c)
14,000 B.C.
d)
10,000 B.C.
33.
Which is the best description of a nomadic group of people?
a)
people who live in a city or state
b)
people who live in houses and drive cars
c)
people who move from place to place in search of food
d)
people who grow crops and stay in one place permanently
34.
The raising of plants and animals for human use
a)
agriculture
b)
migrate
c)
hominid
d)
ancestor
35.
A relative who lived long ago
a)
Paleolithic
b)
Beringia
Beringia
c)
Ancestor
d)
Prehistory
36.
The first part of the Stone Age
a)
Paleolithic
b)
Mesolithic
c)
Neolithic
d)
Terrific
37.
The period of time before written records
a)
Beringia
b)
Prehistory
c)
Migrate
d)
Ancestor
38.
To move from one place to another
a)
migrate
b)
nomad
c)
agriculture
d)
domesticate
39.
The raising of plants and animals for human use
a)
agriculture
b)
migrate
c)
hominid
d)
ancestor
40.
Humans are believed to have originated on what continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Australia 
d)
Antarctica
41.

In Metal Ages, which three metals they started to use?

a)

Gems, stones and diamonds

b)

Copper, bronze and iron

c)

Copper, aluminium, iron

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