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Prehistory

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the Prehistory start?

a)

When the first human beings appeared.

b)

When people started to write.

c)

In the year 0.

2.

What are the three periods of the Prehistory?

a)

Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age.

b)

Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Metal Ages.

c)

Paleolithic, Neolithic, Stone Age.

3.

When did the Prehistory finish?

a)

With the appearance of writing.

b)

When they discovered the fire.

c)

When they started to live in caves.

d)

With the appearance of the wheel.

4.

In the Stone Age there are two periods:

a)

Neolithic and Metal Age.

b)

Palaeolithic and Bronze Age.

c)

Palaeolithic and Neolithic.

5.

In this period they lived in caves and huts.

a)

Metal Ages

b)

Palaeolithic.

c)

Neolithic.

6.

In this period they settled in one place:

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Age.

7.

In this period people were nomads:

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Age.

8.

The first forms of art belonged to:

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Age.

9.

Altamira's cave belonged to:

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Age.

10.

When did the small villages appear?

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Age.

11.

When were the people able to use fire?

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Ages.

12.

Write three uses of fire in the Palaeolithic:

4 lines
13.

In this period tools and weapons were made of stone, wood and bones:

a)

Neolithic.

b)

Palaeolithic.

c)

Metal Age.

14.

When did people start to barter?

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic,

c)

Metal Age.

15.

What does barter mean?

a)

Using money to buy goods.

b)

Exchanged goods without using money.

c)

Barter is a lifestyle.

16.

In this period, people made tools more sophisticated:

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Age.

17.

In this period they became artisans and made pottery, baskets and tools.

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Age.

18.

This picture belongs to:

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Ages.

19.

The wheel was discovered ...

a)

At the end of the Palaeolithic.

b)

At the end of the Neolithic.

c)

At the end of the Metal Age.

20.

In this period, people started to domesticate animals

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Age.

21.

This kind of art belongs to:

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Ages.

22.

This kind of art belongs to:

a)

Palaeolithic.

b)

Neolithic.

c)

Metal Ages.

23.

The Metal Age is divided into:

a)

Copper Age, Bronze Age, Metal Age.

b)

Copper Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age.

c)

It is not divided in other Ages.

24.

The Neolithic started when people...

a)

started to farm crops and animals.

b)

started to move arround.

c)

started to be protected from others.

25.

In the Stone Age there are two periods:

a)

Metal Ages, Neolithic.

b)

Neolithic and Bronze Age.

c)

Palaeolithic and Neolithic.