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Grade 4 Unit 5 Prehistory

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did prehistory start?

a)

50 million years ago

b)

5 million years ago

c)

1 million years ago

d)

10 million years ago

2.

Which one of these is NOT true about prehistory

a)

they hunted for food with a spear

b)

people lived in caves

c)

we can still see the paintings they did in their caves

d)

Prehistory started when animals first appeared

3.

Which is the longest period of history?

a)

Prehistory

b)

Ancient History

c)

the Modern Age

d)

the Middle Ages

4.

When did prehistory end?

a)

When people invented writing

b)

When people invented telephones

c)

When the roman empire fell

d)

When Columbus discovered America

5.

When did Ancient History end?

a)

When the French revolution happened

b)

When Columbus discovered America

c)

When the Roman Empire fell

d)

When people invented writing

6.

When did the Middle Ages start?

a)

When the Roman empire fell

b)

When Columbus discovered America

c)

When the French Revolution happened

d)

When the War of Indepence happened

7.

What is a century?

a)

A period of 1 year

b)

A period of 10 years

c)

A period of 100 years

d)

A period of 1,000 years

8.

What century does 1322 belong to?

a)

The 1st century

b)

The 13th century

c)

The 14th century

d)

The 15th century

9.

What does B.C. mean?

a)

Behind Cauliflower

b)

Before Chrismas

c)

Before Jesus was born

d)

After Jesus was born

10.

Which one is NOT a period of Prehistory?

a)

The Middle Ages

b)

The Paleolitic Period

c)

The Bronze and Iron Ages

d)

The Neolithic Period

11.

What does Nomadic mean?

a)

People live in caves

b)

People don´t live permanently in one place

c)

People live permanently in one place

d)

People live underwater

12.

Which one is NOT true about the Paleolithic Period?

a)

People hunted and fished to get their food

b)

People lived in huts or caves

c)

People made tools from stone, wood and animal bones

d)

People wore clothes made of leaves and fruit

13.

What did Paleolithic people discover that they used to cook their food?

a)

fire

b)

caves

c)

spears

d)

animals

14.

Archeologists found human bones in the Sierra de Atapuerca, but how old are they?

a)

More than 3 million years old

b)

More than 300,000 years old

c)

3,000 years old

d)

3 millions years old

15.

What do the cave paintings in the Altamira cave in Cantabria show?

a)

people's hands

b)

skulls

c)

different animals

d)

telephones

16.

Which is NOT true of the Neolithic Period?

a)

People became sedentary

b)

People started to exchange products and trade began

c)

People discovered how to make fire

d)

People cultivated crops and raised animals

17.

How did people in the Neolithic Period live?

a)

They were sedentary - they lived in huts in villages

b)

They were nomadic- they travelled around

c)

They lived in big houses and apartments

d)

They lived on boats and travelled the seas

18.

Which are types of jobs that people had in the Neolithic period?

a)

artisans

b)

farmers

c)

teachers

d)

drivers

19.

What did people discover and use to make objects in the Bronze and Iron Ages?

a)

plastic

b)

wood

c)

stone

d)

metal

20.

What things did people in the Bronze and Iron Ages invent?

(a)  

21.

Why did people in the Bronze and Iron Ages build walls around their villages?

a)

To make jewellery

b)

To stop the wind

c)

To keep out animals

d)

To defend the village

22.

Which one is NOT a type of job people could do in the Bronze and Iron Age?

a)

Farmers

b)

Soldiers

c)

Traders

d)

Writers

e)

Metalworkers

23.

Who lived in the north and centre if the Iberian Peninsula during the Bronze and Iron Ages?

a)

Celts

b)

Iberians

c)

Celts and Iberians

d)

Romans

24.

In the Bronze and Iron Ages, Celts and Iberians made sculptures from stone and large stone monuments called...

(a)