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Grade 6A ESS Paleolithic Age

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: Paleolithic people lived with dinosaurs.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or False: The Ice Age lasted a long time.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is another name for the Paleolithic Age?

a)

Old Stone Age

b)

New Stone Age

c)

Age of the Cavemen

d)

Age of Mr. Starry

4.

True or False: Paleolithic people farmed for food.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What does "Nomad" mean?

a)

Someone with a permanent shelter

b)

Someone living in a village

c)

Someone who never moves from where they were born

d)

Someone who moves from place to place

6.

Which of the following was NOT hunted by Paleolithic people?

a)

Mammoth

b)

Alligator

c)

Fish

d)

Bison

7.

True or False: Paleolithic people used tools like spears, knives, and axes.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: Paleolithic people did not produce artwork.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

This means the beliefs and ways of life of people.

a)

Society

b)

Culture

c)

Snorkeling

d)

Government

10.

True or False: Scrat, the squirrel from the movie "Ice Age" is an accurate characterization of Ice Age mammals.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or False: Paleolithic people discovered fire

a)

True

b)

False

12.
Time of extreme cold when great sheets of ice covered parts of the earth
a)
Bronze Age
b)
Ice Age
c)
Stone Age
d)
Golden Age
13.
The early period of human history
a)
Iron Age
b)
Bronze Age
c)
Ancient Age
d)
Stone Age
14.
Paleolithic people were able to survive because they used
a)
Rocks
b)
Water
c)
Caves
d)
Fire
15.
One of the most important technologies used during the Paleolithic Age
a)
Tools
b)
Written Language
c)
Art
d)
Religion
16.
How did people spend their time during the Paleolithic Age?
a)
Building cities
b)
Learning new jobs
c)
Finding food
d)
Weaving and Farming
17.
Which of the following developed after the Paleolithic Age?
a)
Spoken language
b)
Farming
c)
Art
d)
Tools
18.
A person who moves from place to place in search of food
a)
Migration
b)
Culture
c)
Nomad
d)
Artisan
19.
Paleolithic women
a)
Gathered berries, nuts, and grain
b)
Looked after the children
c)
Hunted large animals
d)
Both A and B
20.
Paleolithic men
a)
Gathered berries, nuts, and grains
b)
Looked after the children
c)
Hunted large animals
d)
Swam in the nearby rivers
21.
Early ________ _________ show animals and figures of humans in bright colors.
a)
Picture frames
b)
Cave paintings
c)
Animal fat
d)
Flint stone
22.
This strip of land was known as a __________ __________. This allowed people to travel from Asia and North America.
a)
Land bridge
b)
Highway road
c)
Mountain range
d)
Tall Mountians
23.
What was the most common reason in which ancient people chose to migrate, or move from place to place?
a)
They needed to find employment and an income
b)
To find resources such as food and shelter
c)
To explore the world.
d)
They needed to find better transportation.
24.
Paleolithic people were _____________.
a)
farmers
b)
hunter-gatherers
c)
only in Africa
d)
extinct after the last ice age
25.
All of the following happened during the Ice Ages EXCEPT 
a)
Most of the land was covered in ice.
b)
Ocean levels were low which made the land bridges appear.
c)
Early humans first learned how to build a snowman.
d)
The new land bridges allowed people the migrate all over the world.
26.

What are archaeologists?

a)

people that study bones and human remains

b)

people that study artifacts

c)

what happened before the invention of writing

d)

Old Stone Age

27.

What is a society?

a)

moving from one place to another

b)

items made and used by early humans

c)

periods of time where the earth was mostly frozen

d)

a community of people who share a common culture

28.

What is migration?

a)

moving from one place to another

b)

items made and used by early humans

c)

periods of time where the earth was mostly frozen

d)

a community of people who share a common culture

29.

What is an Ice Age?

a)

moving from one place to another

b)

items made and used by early humans

c)

periods of time where the earth was mostly frozen

d)

a community of people who share a common culture

30.

What is an artifact?

a)

moving from one place to another

b)

items made and used by early humans

c)

periods of time where the earth was mostly frozen

d)

a community of people who share a common culture

31.

Which of the following is an example of gathering?

a)

A man goes out into the woods, kills a wild turkey and brings it home to eat.

b)

A women uses the skin of an animal to make a new shirt for her son.

c)

A man walks to the nearest stream and catches two fish

d)

A women goes into the woods and comes back with a basket full of blueberries and blackberries.

32.

Cave art usually included what type of drawing?

a)

Berries

b)

Friends

c)

Animals

d)

Trees

33.

Your grandparents lived in the Paleolithic Age.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The paleolithic age used modern day technology

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The people lived in tribes

a)

True

b)

False

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