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Prehistory Quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Radiocarbon dating is used to--

a)

estimate the age of organic material

b)

identify which foods that early people ate

c)

prove that artifacts were made by humans

d)

find fossils

2.

As a result of the Neolithic Revolution--

a)

Animals were forced to migrate to "ice free" areas of the Earth.

b)

People could settle in one place.

c)

Hunters learned how to kill much larger animals.

d)

Farmers migrated south to avoid advancing glaciers.

3.

What continent is letter A?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

e)

North America

4.

In which part of the world do scientists believe Homo sapiens first emerged?

a)

Europe

b)

Australia

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

5.

What continent is letter C?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

e)

South America

6.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of early humans in the Paleolithic Era?

a)

Learned to make fire

b)

Developed oral language

c)

Created "cave art"

d)

Developed weaving skills

7.

The famous archaeological site known as Stonehenge is located in —

a)

England

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Egypt

d)

China

8.

Any object shaped by human hands is referred to as —

a)

a bone

b)

a fossil

c)

an artifact

d)

a clan

9.

Which of the following correctly identifies the lifestyle of the early Paleolithic man?

a)

City dwellers

b)

Settled farmers

c)

Hunters and gatherers

d)

Food producers

10.

Neolithic people —

a)

lived in small clans

b)

used domesticated animals

c)

were nomadic

d)

created fire

11.

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

a)

A rejection of Paleolithic values by Neolithic people

b)

A movement of migrating people to North America

c)

A religious movement in which people worshiped more than one god

d)

A change from hunting and gathering to farming

12.

What continent is letter B?

a)

Africa

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

Europe

e)

Australia

13.

According to the map, where did homo sapiens first go after migrating from Africa?

a)

Australia

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

North America

14.
What word BEST describes paleolithic people?
a)
Cavemen
b)
Nomads
c)
Evolved Humans
d)
Not Intelligent
15.

What continent is letter E?

a)

North America

b)

Australia

c)

Africa

d)

Europe

e)

Asia

16.
How were paleolithic men different from paleolithic women?
a)
The paleolithic men were smarter
b)
The paleolithic women were smarter
c)
The paleolithic men and women lived in caves
d)
The paleolithic men hunted and the women gathered
17.

What continent is letter F?

a)

South America

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

e)

Asia

18.
Catalhoyuk is an archaeological site in
a)
The Fertile Crescent
b)
Anatolia
c)
England
19.
Which of the following statements best describe the picture?
a)
Farming in the paleolithic age
b)
Hunter-gatherers finding a new food source
c)
A neolithic settlement
d)
The end of the ice age
20.
What physical feature did neolithic people MOST likely settle near?
a)
Deserts
b)
Oceans
c)
Mountains
d)
Rivers
21.
Having more of a product than is needed is called ...
a)
Extra
b)
Nomadic
c)
Specialization
d)
Surplus
22.

What continent is letter D?

a)

Asia

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

North America

e)

Europe

23.
Nomadic, first simple tools, fire, lived in clans, oral language, cave art
a)
Paleolithic
b)
Neolithic
24.

WHERE was the Lascaux cave discovered?

a)

France

b)

Red Sea area

c)

Africa

d)

Asia