WorksheetsPrehistory Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Scientists currently believed humans first appeared in:
Australia
North America
Asia
Africa
A hunter-gatherer society would most likely develop in an area
where animals are plentiful
near an ocean
in an area with many raw materials
close to a mountain
Hunter-gatherers migrated in order to:
explore rivers
find food
get better shelter
grow crops
Early hunter-gatherer human societies are generally typified by:
large numbers of people
small nomadic clans of humans
moderate numbers of people living in permanent villages
miniscule cities and large agricultural developments
Humans were first able to:
farm
create art
domesticate animals
make tools
The development of one technology allowed societies to record events, ushering in the historic period of time. What was this technology?
Written Language
Typewriter
Moveable Type
Wooden Plow
The Neolitihic Era began when Humans
began to control and lesson their population
first developed organized countries
first lived in permanent agricultural societies
learn to write down and communicate their thoughts to other peoples in the world
How do you best describe a domesticated animal?
An animal that is controlled and used for human benefit
Relatively small and valued for their hide
An animal such as a deer or an elephant
A wild animal hunted in elaborate ceremonies
What effect did the inventions of the plow, pottery, and weaving have on early societies?
moved about to find food
warred with their neighbors
they developed parmanent settlements
developed early democracies
What event marked the start of the historical period
Agricultural Revolution
Industrical Revolution
Computer Age
Green Revolution
What is it called when one finds out how old an artifact is?
Recording
Dating
Sizing
Assigning
Who studies the remains of a civilization?
Archaelologist
historians
Paleontologists
Cartographers
Artifacts are:
damaged works of art
editorial cartoons
military equipment
objects made by human hands
What can an archaeologist conclude about artifacts found in the same era?
remains are from different time
Remains are from the same time
different people made the artifacts
artifacts were from people had no technology
A famous structure was built around 4-5,000 years ago in Englnd. What is this stone structure called?
Great Pyramid
Great Wall
Parthenon
Stonehenge
