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WorksheetsPrehistory Vocabulary Review
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 32mins
Which word means the time period before recorded history (before history was written down)?
prehistory
Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Mesolithic Era
Ice Age
Which word means the time period known as the New Stone Age, when humans first began to develop agriculture (farming)?
prehistory
Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Mesolithic Era
Ice Age
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?
prehistory
Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Mesolithic Era
Ice Age
When did Prehistory end?
when hominids appeared
When fire was discovered
When writing was invented
When Christ was born
What does " nomad" means?
A tribe that stays in the same place
A tribe that lives in caves
A tribe with a lot of warriors
A tribe that travels from place to place.
What is the job of an Archaeologist?
to study past cultures, by analyzing artifacts, remains and ruins
To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs
To find cool stuff underground
To study the relationship between geography and fossils
Excavate means to
look at something.
dig something up.
label something.
name something.
Fossil or artifact?
Fossil
Artifcat
A primary source is a source that was created at the time an event happened
Primary
Secondary
These statues, located on Easter Island/ Rapi Nui are called Moai. What are they?
Artifacts
Ruins
Fossils
Midden
What is left of this building is located in Rome. What is it considered in archaeological terms?
Artifact
Fossil
Ruin
Museum
Which of the following words means, "A source of information that was created at the time an event happened. For example, a diary"?
inference
archaeology
Secondary Source
Primary source
If the years are shown as B.C.E. on a timeline, the years get _____________ from left to right.
smaller
bigger
What year does the arrow point to?
500 B.C.E.
1500 B.C.E.
2000 B.C.E.
500 C.E.
What year does the arrow point to?
3500 B.C.E.
4000 B.C.E.
2500 B.C.E.
2000 B.C.E.
What year does the arrow point to?
1500 B.C.E.
1500 C.E.
2000 C.E.
500 C.E.
What years are shaded on this timeline?
4000 B.C.E. to 1000 C.E.
4000 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E.
4000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.
4000 B.C.E. to 2000 C.E.
What years are shaded on this timeline?
2000 B.C.E. to 500 B.C.E.
2000 B.C.E. to 1500 B.C.E.
2000 B.C.E. to 1000 B.C.E.
2000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.
What years are shaded on this timeline?
4500 B.C.E. to 2500 B.C.E.
4500 B.C.E. to 1500 B.C.E.
3500 B.C.E. to 2500 B.C.E.
3500 B.C.E. to 1500 B.C.E.
What years are shaded on this timeline?
3500 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E.
3500 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.
2500 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E.
2500 B.C.E. to 2000 C.E.
Which answer accurately shows the years in chronological order (oldest to most recent)?
100 CE, 200 BCE, 300 BCE, 400 CE, 500 BCE
500 BCE, 400 CE, 300 BCE, 200 BCE, 100 CE
500 BCE, 300 BCE, 200 BCE, 100 CE, 400 CE
100 CE, 400 CE, 200 BCE, 300 BCE, 500 BCE
Which answer accurately shows the years in chronological order (oldest to most recent)?
50 BCE, 40 BCE, 30 BCE, 20 BCE, 10 BCE
10 BCE, 20 BCE, 30 BCE, 40 BCE, 50 BCE
Which answer accurately shows the years in chronological order (oldest to most recent)?
1000 BCE, 500 CE, 2000 BCE, 300 CE, 1000 CE
2000 BCE, 1000 BCE, 1000 CE, 300 CE, 500 CE
1000 CE, 500 CE, 300 CE, 1000 BCE, 2000 BCE
2000 BCE, 1000 BCE, 300 CE, 500 CE, 1000 CE
What is the total number of years for the shaded period?
3000 years
4000 years
1000 years
5000 years
Why are Timelines important in history?
timelines are used to compare and contrast information
timelines are used to list events in order from past to present
timelines are not important in history
Which of the following is NOT an example of a secondary source?
Textbook
Biographies
Documentary
Personal Journal of a historic figure
Which type of source is shown in the image? (government document)
Primary
Secondary
Which statement about Homo Habilis describes a capability that helped their group survive?
They knew how to make tools
They came before Neanderthals.
They lived 1.5 million years ago.
They had both ape and human features.
The nickname of Homo Habilis is...
"Upright Man"
"Handy Man"
"Wise Man"
"Artist Man"
If the bones of a number of hominids were found in one location, what can scientists conclude?
The hominid made tools.
The hominid died in wars.
The hominid had a language.
The hominid lived in groups.
Homo Erectus was the first hominid to use...
fire.
their hands.
fish hooks.
stone tools.
Large brains helped Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis survive, giving them the ability to...
run much faster.
reach higher objects.
design better tools.
plant crops for food.
Scientists have found evidence of burial mounds at Neanderthal sites. Therefore...
Neanderthals had creative minds.
Neanderthals had a complex religion.
Neanderthals had a desire to make art.
Neanderthals had a sense of community.
Who made cave paintings, carvings, and musical instruments?
Homo Erectus ("Upright Man")
Homo Sapiens Sapiens ("Doubly Wise Man")
Australopithecus Afarensis ("Lucy")
Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis ("Neanderthal Man")
Where did the earliest hominids live?
Asia
Australia
North America
Africa
Which group is believed to be the first to live on Europe?
Homo Habilis ("Handy Man")
Homo Erectus ("Upright Man")
Homo Sapiens Sapiens ("Doubly Wise Man")
Australopithecus Afarensis ("Lucy")
Which new capability enabled hominids to survive in the colder climate of Europe?
building fire and shelters
drawing art on cave walls
gathering food from plants
making tools out of bones
How do scientists think hominids first migrated to North and South America?
down rivers on bamboo rafts
in boats made out of hollow logs
over land that is now under water
by riding animals that could swim
Which hominid was the first to appear and was the most primitive type of hominid.
Homo Habilis
Australopithecus
Homo Erectus
Home Sapiens
Which hominid was the second type to appear and was known as "handy man" because they were the first to use simple stone tools.
Homo Habilis
Australopithecus
Homo Erectus
Homo Sapiens
Fire was first controlled by humans in the......
Late Neolithic Age
Early Paleolithic Age
Late Paleolithic Age
Not until after prehistory
The process of making plants and animals more useful to humans.
Agriculture
Nomadic
Domestication
Migrate
What is the biggest difference between the Paleolithic and Neolithic Age?
How tools were made
How people got their food
How fire was controlled
How clothes were made
What do historians call all early types of humans?
Cavemen
Hominids
Ape-Men
The Flintstones
What does revolution mean?
A major war
A major change
A major setback
None of these
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
The change in tool making during the Neolithic Age
The change in how people hunted and gathered
The change from food finding to food producing
The change from stone to metal tools
The old stone age is called this by historians.....
The Neolithic Age
Prehistory
The Paleolithic Age
The Cave Age
The new stone age is called this by historians.....
The Neolithic Age
Prehistory
The Paleolithic Age
The Cave Age
What discovery brought about the Neolithic Revolution?
How to control fire
How to write
How to plant seeds
How to use metal
