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Palaeolithic

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which period is longer?

a)

Prehistory

b)

History

2.

Which of these are stages of Prehistory?

a)

Ancient age Middle ages

Modern age

Contemporary age

b)

Palaeolithic

Neolithic

Metal Age

c)

Palaeolithic

Neolithic

d)

Palaeolithic

Metal age

3.

When did Prehistory and Palaeolithic period start ?

a)

With the appearance of writing

3500 BC

b)

With the appearance of the first hominids

2,5 millions years ago

c)

With the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million year ago

4.

When did Prehistory end?

a)

With the discovery of agriculture and farming

b)

with the birth of Christ

c)

with the invention of writing

3500 bc

d)

7 million years ago

5.

The first humans appeared…

a)

After the birth of Christ

b)

At the end of the Paleolithic

c)

About 2,5 million years ago

d)

In Australia

6.

When did the Paleolithic end?

a)

The invention of agriculture and farming

When people no longer lived in caves

b)

The birth of Christ

c)

The invention of writing

3500 bc

d)

2,5 million year ago

7.

Where did Paleolithic people live? (choose all)

a)

In stone houses

b)

In caves

c)

In small tribes

d)

In big groups

8.

Nomads are people who…

a)

Live in a village

b)

Make simple tools from stone, wood and bone

c)

Hunt mammoths with metal spears

d)

Move from one place to another to find food

9.

What inventions did paleolithic people make? (choose all)

a)

Stone tools

b)

Farming

c)

Wood tools

d)

Animal skin clothes

e)

Bone tools

10.

The most important discovery in the Palaeolithic was .....

4 lines
11.

How did paleolithic people get their food? ( choose all)

a)

They farmed fruit and vegetables

b)

They gathered fruit and vegetables

c)

They went to Mercadona

d)

They hunted animals for meat

12.

What did Paleolithic people paint?

a)

They did not paint

b)

Hunting scenes and animals

c)

People dancing

d)

Symbols and decorations

13.

Paleolithic people used fire for… (choose all)

a)

Cooking food

b)

Heating themselves

c)

Protecting themselves from animals

d)

Making art

14.

Where did they find the oldest human remains in Spain?

a)

Altamira (Cantabria) /

b)

Arquepinto (Madrid)

c)

Atapuerca (Burgos)

d)

Alcorcón

15.

Where can we see very important cave paintings?

a)

Altamira (Cantabria)

b)

Arquepinto (Madrid)

c)

Atapuerca (Burgos)

d)

Agustín de Argüelles