WorksheetsChapter 1 Quizizz Review
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 35mins
People who study the past are most likely...
Detectives
Teachers
Artists
Builders
What important discovery did four teenagers make in Lascaux, France, in 1940?
Clay sculptures of an army of soldiers
A cave filled with paintings of animals
A wooden stick used for throwing a spear
A stone wall of an ancient storage shed
What important discovery did four teenagers make in Lascaux, France, in 1940?
Clay sculptures of an army of soldiers
A cave filled with paintings of animals
A wooden stick used for throwing a spear
A stone wall of an ancient storage shed
Which of these activities would an archaeologist most likely do?
Make maps
Read old newspapers
Study Earth's features
Examine objects
What is an object made or used in the past called?
An artifact
A document
A theory
A ritual
Why do historians read diaries and letters from the past?
To agree on plans for the future
To learn to speak an ancient language
To find out what happened and why
To compare their ideas of history
Which of these is a human-made feature that a geographer might study?
A cave
A road
A spear
A volcano
What is the evidence that prehistoric cave artists built wooden structures to stand on?
Many trees grew in the area.
The ancient planks are still there.
Pictures of the scaffolding have been found.
Some paintings are too high to be reached from the floor.
Why do social scientists believe this painting of humans was created?
As part of a hunting ritual
To honor the gods
To celebrate a birthday
To show off their weapons
Why do social scientists believe this painting of handprints was created?
As a way for the artist to sign their artwork
To show who lived in the cave
To see who had the biggest hands
To commemorate a great feast
Why do social scientists believe this painting of animals was created?
To capture the 'magical powers' of animals
To honor the gods
To be used in religious ceremonies and rituals
All of these answers are true
What do social scientists believe may have been the purpose of a carved spear thrower?
To show off the hunter's favorite animal
To show the clan what a good hunter the artist was
To identify the hunter or clan the spear thrower belonged to
To make the spear thrower easier to hold
Why do social scientists believe this clay sculpture was created?
It was used in coming-of-age ceremonies
It was used to scare the neighbors
It was used to play a game
It was used as a good luck charm for the hunters
How do social scientists believe these tools were used in cave art?
To scrape off the top layer of rock to make the color white
To carve bowls to put the paint in
To smash up fruits to make paint
To scare away strangers that wanted to use the cave
An expert who studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features is...
a geographer.
a historian.
an archaeologist.
an Egyptologist.
Four teenagers made an important discovery in Lascaux, France in 1940. What was it? (Hint: It's in the text!)
A wooden stick used for throwing a spear
Animal paintings in a cave
Clay sculpted soldiers
An ancient stone storage shed wall
Which of these man-made objects would geographers be interested in?
Waterfall
Lunch
Spear
Road
What is an artifact?
An object made or used by people in the past
An object made or used by people now
An object left here by aliens
An object that doesn't exist
After finding artwork in caves, a clue was found near the artwork that tells us about the past. What was it?
animal fat burned in lamps
bird masks
diary pages
poetry
What is the importance of diaries from the past?
We can speak a different language
They show us plans for the future
They tell us what happened and why
We can compare bad ideas and good ideas
How do we know that scaffolding (ladders) were built to paint inside caves?
The paintings are too low to be reached from the ground
We don't know
The paintings are too high to be reached from the ground
We wish we knew
Why are the hand prints found in caves from long ago very small?
People had large hands
Caves were very small
People were not as big as they are now
People painted with their feet
If something is prehistoric, it comes from...
Before the Earth existed
Before written history
Before school
Before electricity
Scientists believe that ancient artists made paint using various minerals and mixing them with fat or oil. Why did they do this?
To use paint in ceremonies
To make paint last longer
To dry paint faster
To create more colors of paint
Which of these activities would an archaeologist do?
Read documents
Study Earth's features
Examine objects
Make maps
What kind of work might a historian do?
Record events that have happened.
Read and study artifacts.
Try to understand why events happened the way they did.
All of the above.
What kind of work do geographers do?
Study the natural features of the Earth.
Study human-made features.
Create maps of the Earth.
Search ruins for artifacts.
What do many social scientists believe about this painting?
It was created to show what animals looked like for future generations.
It was created as part of a hunting ritual.
It is a fake cave painting.
It was created to record that humans had tamed horses.
Why do many social scientists believe this painting and others like it were possibly created?
Possibly the artists were trying to capture the "magical powers" of certain animals.
Possibly the artists believed in the spirit world and were creating art to honor or influence their gods.
Possibly these paintings were used in places of worship for rituals or ceremonies.
Possibly the artists liked the animals and wanted to create something new for their people by composing images of them.
Why do many social scientists believe hand prints were included in cave art?
Because they were easy to create.
Because they were a way for artists to sign their work.
Because they help identify the group of people that lived in the area from other groups of people.
Because they represented an agreement between the group of people living in that area.
How did social scientists determine that the painted areas in caves might have been used for gatherings or rituals?
By singing in the caves and determining that the loudest areas were those that were painted.
By examining the paintings themselves.
Through artifacts and records found at nearby excavation sites.
By measuring the distance between the cave painting and each of the nearest villages.
What are the possible reasons, according to social scientists, for artists carving spear-throwers into special shapes?
As a simple decoration for a spear thrower
As a good-luck charm to protect the hunter or make his or her hunt more successful
Because of a connection to the hunter's name or the clan they belonged to
Because it is the only way that spear throwers can be made
People who study ancient history make educated guesses. What are these guesses called?
Interpretations
Solutions
Investigations
Hypotheses
Which of the following is an example of an artifact?
A mountain
A plant
A rock
A sculpture
A prehistoric object is one that comes from a time:
Before history was written.
After people lived in caves.
Before humans hunted animals.
After electricity was discovered.
Where have cave paintings been found?
Only in Lascaux, France.
All over the world.
Only in South America.
Only in Australia and Africa.
What evidence supports the theory that prehistoric artists built scaffolding in caves?
Remains of scaffolding were found inside caves.
Cave paintings depict people sleeping on scaffolding.
Cave paintings were painted on high ceilings inside caves.
There were plentiful forests growing nearby the caves.
What is a ritual?
A decoration
A ceremony
A weapon
A spear thrower
How might prehistoric artists have used hollow bird bones?
As a tool to write with
As a surface to record writing
As a tool to blow paint through
As a material to make spear throwers
What are the two main ideas of social scientists about why this sculpture was made?
It was meant to show that the cave belonged to a certain clan.
It was used in an important ceremony held deep inside the cave.
It was meant to celebrate a successful hunting season.
It was an item of worship for the nearby village's religion.
