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Prehistory Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is prehistory?

a)

A cooler type of history

b)

Really old history

c)

A time before there was writing

d)

History of animals

2.

What is archaeology?

a)

Digging in the ground

b)

A study of human history and prehistory

c)

A study of bones

d)

Really dirty work

3.

What is another word for digging?

a)

Excavating

b)

Archaeology

c)

Artefacts

d)

Shifting

4.

Where did hunter-gatheres first begin living in?

a)

houses

b)

huts

c)

tree houses

d)

caves

5.

When did the Stone Age begin in Britain?

a)

100,000 BC

b)

250,000 BC

c)

10,000 AD

d)

450,000 BC

6.

What are the 3 Stone Age periods called?

a)

Old, Middle, New

b)

Primus, Segundos, Tertius

c)

Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic

d)

First, Second, Third

7.

What came after the Stone Age periods?

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Iron Age

c)

Jesus

d)

The Egyptians

8.

In which Stone Age period did humans begin fishing?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

9.

Look at this stone age artefact painting:

What can we learn from it?

a)

What colours they liked

b)

The types of animals that lived at the time

c)

How good they were are Art

d)

How many bulls there were

10.

In which Stone Age period did humans begin living in villages?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

11.

What were early stone age people called?

a)

The Twits

b)

Cavemen

c)

Hunter-gatherers

d)

prehistoric

12.

In which Stone Age period did humans begin farming?

a)

Palaeolithic

b)

Mesolithic

c)

Neolithic

13.

Why was Bronze better than stone?

a)

It made stronger tools and weapons

b)

It looked cooler

c)

It could do more things

d)

It was more expensive

14.

Why was Iron better than Bronze?

a)

It made stronger tools and weapons

b)

It was lighter to carry and could be shaped into different things

c)

It looked cooler

d)

It was more cheaper