WorksheetsPrehistoric and Ancient India
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
According to the Gregorian calendar, the years after the birth of Christ are known as _____ .
AD
BC
BCE
circa
Which date would come second?
2500 BCE
2500 AD
circa 1500
1500 BC
To avoid a religious reference in dating, many historians prefer to use the following initials.
BCE
BC
AD
circa
Once there was a land bridge between Europe and North America. This land bridge was called the __________ __________.
Bering Strait
BC
domesticated plants
job specialization
about; approximately; around this time
common era
circa
domesticate
before the common era
Which date would appear last?
1500 BC
2016 CE
AD 2011
circa 1500
To tame animals and plants for human use
nomad
circa
domesticate
decade
Flour, which is used to make bread, crackers, pasta, etc., is made from __________?
wheat
onion
potatoe
egglplant
a time when glaciers covered much of the land
Ice Age
Bronze Age
Neolithic Age
Iron Age
This time period marked a shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture (growing food on a regular basis).
Ice Age
Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Bronze Age
People who regularly move from place to place to survive
nomad
neolithic
paleolithic
tanners
The early period of human history, when people used stone to make tools and weapons.
Paleolithic Era
Neolithic Era
Bronze Age
Iron Age
a place where people worship
shrine
pyramid
empire
river
tools, and methods, to make tasks easier
circa
technology
shrine
scribe
extinct ancestor to modern day elephants
wholly mammoth
dodo bird
dinosaurs
west African black mammoth
large land area in southern India between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats
Deccan Plateau
Ganges River
Himalayan Mountains
Indus River
great river of northern India, which is sometimes known as the holy river of Hinduism.
Deccan Plateau
Ganges River
Ghat Mountains
Indus River
a term used in the Indian subcontinent referring to a range of stepped hills with valleys
Mediterranean
Ganges
Ghat
Himalayan
a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of India from the Tibetan Plateau.
Sinai Plateau
Deccan Plateau
Himalayan Mountains
Indus River
This river is largely fed by the snows and glaciers of the Himalayas
Deccan Plateau
Ganges River
Mountain Ghats
Indus River
