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Y3/4 Retrieval Summer 1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which are early advanced civilisations.

a)

Ancient Egyptians

b)

Indus Valley

c)

Ancient Sumer

d)

Shang Dynasty

2.

How is history and the passage of time measured?

(a)  

3.

What does ancient mean?

a)

Older than 20 years

b)

Belonging to the very distant past

c)

100 years ago

d)

Nolonger exists

4.

How many years are there in a centuary?

a)

25

b)

100

c)

10

d)

50

5.

How do we know so much about the Ancient Egyptians?

4 lines
6.

What does advanced mean?

a)

modern

b)

ahead of their time

c)

100 years

d)

looks for clues in the past.

7.

What is a civilisation?

a)

the way of life for a particular area

b)

a village

c)

an artefact

d)

a way to measure time

8.

Which civilisation developed the flushing toilet?

a)

Indus Valley

b)

Ancient Egyptians

c)

Shang Dynasty

d)

Ancient Sumer

9.

What do time lines measure?

a)

How old you are

b)

The passage of time

c)

Length

d)

Weight

10.

What was the Egyptian writing system called

a)

pyramid

b)

pharaoh

c)

hieroglyphics

d)

sarcophagus

11.

Are all rocks the same?

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12.

Name three different types of rocks

a)

fossil

b)

igneous

c)

sedimentary

d)

metamorphic

13.

What are igneous rocks formed from?

a)

salt

b)

sand

c)

magma

d)

lava

14.

Where are sedimentary rocks formed

a)

In volcanoes

b)

Under ground

c)

Under the sea

d)

in soil

15.

What is lava called before it leaves the ground?

a)

lava

b)

magma

c)

rock

d)

igneous

16.

What is a fossil?

a)

a shell in the sand

b)

preserved remains of something once living

c)

a dinosaur bone

d)

cooled volcanic rock

17.

How are fossils formed?

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