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WorksheetsPre history and stone age
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Finish the sentence Hunter-gatherers...
a)
hunted animals and gathered wood
b)
hunted animals and gathered plants
c)
hunted animals and gathered bones
2.
People began to control and train things so they could use them for survival - did this to plant and animals.
a)
Domestication
b)
Surplus
c)
Fire
d)
Ride
3.
Another name for farming is ...
a)
Planting
b)
Settling
c)
Agriculture
d)
Nomad
4.
Early man migrated from what area to populate the world?
a)
Africa
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
Ameria
5.
What made the Neolithic Age different from the Paleolithic Age?
a)
Settled communities
b)
Increased Agriculture
c)
Pottery & Weaving skills
d)
All of the above
6.
What development enabled man to live as farmers?
a)
Warm clothing
b)
Domestication of plants & animals
c)
Pottery
d)
Wheel
7.
The time period before history was recorded is known as -
a)
Renaissance
b)
Middle Ages
c)
Dark Ages
d)
Pre-history
8.
Paleolithic
a)
Old Stone Age
b)
New Stone Age
c)
Middle Stone Age
d)
Flintstone Age
9.
Neolithic
a)
Old Stone Age
b)
New Stone Age
c)
Middle Stone Age
d)
Flintstone Age
10.
Which best describes the nomadic lifestyle of the Paleolithic people?
a)
They lived in large villages, where they raised crops and livestock.
b)
They migrated from place to place
c)
They stayed in one place, living in caves and under rock shelters
d)
They lived in small villages and farmed the land
11.
Scientists believe that the earliest humans evolved in and migrated from which continent?
a)
Europe
b)
North America
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
12.
A long period of time before people developed systems of writing and written language.
a)
technology
b)
prehistory
c)
nomad
d)
harvest
13.
Person who travels from place to place.
a)
harvest
b)
migrate
c)
glacier
d)
nomad
14.
How did the Caveman explain their stories?
a)
Wrote a book
b)
Wrote in the dirt
c)
Wrote on cave walls
d)
Used sign language
15.
What material were the first tools made from?
a)
Stones and bones
b)
Stones and metal
c)
Bones and glass
d)
Metal and wood
16.
What does agriculture mean???
a)
Fishing
b)
Farming
c)
Hunting
d)
Making tools
17.
True or False: The Ice Age really happened
a)
True
b)
False
18.
True or False: The caveman hunted in groups because it was safer
a)
true
b)
false
19.
What did the OLD stone age people live in?
a)
Caves
b)
Houses
c)
Tee-pees
d)
Villages
20.
Farming was a good thing because....
a)
It helped them stay alive longer
b)
It let them stay in one place
c)
It gave them plenty of food
d)
All of the above
21.
What materials did Stone Age humans use to make their tools?
a)
Stone
b)
Wood
c)
Bone / Antler
d)
All of the above
22.
What does the term nomadic mean?
a)
To stay in one place
b)
To move often and not settle in one place
c)
To hunt and gather
d)
To make simple stone tools
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