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Prehistoric and Ancient India

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to the Gregorian calendar, the years after the birth of Christ are known as _____ .

a)

AD

b)

BC

c)

BCE

d)

circa

2.

Which date would come second?

a)

2500 BCE

b)

2500 AD

c)

circa 1500

d)

1500 BC

3.

To avoid a religious reference in dating, many historians prefer to use the following initials.

a)

BCE

b)

BC

c)

AD

d)

circa

4.

Once there was a land bridge between Europe and North America. This land bridge was called the __________ __________.

a)

Bering Strait

b)

BC

c)

domesticated plants

d)

job specialization

5.

about; approximately; around this time

a)

common era

b)

circa

c)

domesticate

d)

before the common era

6.

Which date would appear last?

a)

1500 BC

b)

2016 CE

c)

AD 2011

d)

circa 1500

7.

To tame animals and plants for human use

a)

nomad

b)

circa

c)

domesticate

d)

decade

8.

Flour, which is used to make bread, crackers, pasta, etc., is made from __________?

a)

wheat

b)

onion

c)

potatoe

d)

egglplant

9.

a time when glaciers covered much of the land

a)

Ice Age

b)

Bronze Age

c)

Neolithic Age

d)

Iron Age

10.

This time period marked a shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture (growing food on a regular basis).

a)

Ice Age

b)

Paleolithic Era

c)

Neolithic Era

d)

Bronze Age

11.

People who regularly move from place to place to survive

a)

nomad

b)

neolithic

c)

paleolithic

d)

tanners

12.

The early period of human history, when people used stone to make tools and weapons.

a)

Paleolithic Era

b)

Neolithic Era

c)

Bronze Age

d)

Iron Age

13.

a place where people worship

a)

shrine

b)

pyramid

c)

empire

d)

river

14.

tools, and methods, to make tasks easier

a)

circa

b)

technology

c)

shrine

d)

scribe

15.

extinct ancestor to modern day elephants

a)

wholly mammoth

b)

dodo bird

c)

dinosaurs

d)

west African black mammoth

16.

large land area in southern India between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats

a)

Deccan Plateau

b)

Ganges River

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Indus River

17.

great river of northern India, which is sometimes known as the holy river of Hinduism.

a)

Deccan Plateau

b)

Ganges River

c)

Ghat Mountains

d)

Indus River

18.

a term used in the Indian subcontinent referring to a range of stepped hills with valleys

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Ganges

c)

Ghat

d)

Himalayan

19.

a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of India from the Tibetan Plateau.

a)

Sinai Plateau

b)

Deccan Plateau

c)

Himalayan Mountains

d)

Indus River

20.

This river is largely fed by the snows and glaciers of the Himalayas

a)

Deccan Plateau

b)

Ganges River

c)

Mountain Ghats

d)

Indus River