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SS5 - Unit 4 - Prehistory and Ancient History

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

History is divided into (a)    

2.

There are ... main periods of history

(a)  

3.

Began when the first humans appeared.

During this period people discovered:

How to make fire

How to cultivate plants from seeds.

Agriculture and trade.

Ended when writing was invented (5.000 years ago)

a)

prehistory

b)

ancient history

c)

the middle ages

d)

the early modern age

e)

the modern age

4.

Ancient Greek and the Romans.

The Romans conquered the Iberian Peninsula

They built cities and introduced coins.

Ended with the Roman Empire fell in 476 A.D.

a)

prehistory

b)

ancient history

c)

the middle ages

d)

the early modern age

e)

the modern age

5.

Muslims invaded the Iberian Peninsula (711 A.D.)

The Peninsula was divided : Christian Kingdoms and Al-Andalus.

The Reconquista.

Ended in 1492 when Colombus discovered America.

a)

prehistory

b)

ancient history

c)

the middle ages

d)

the early modern age

e)

the modern age

6.

Spain become one kingdom (very powerful in Europe. International Empire)

Important paintings and works of literature - Golden Age.

Ended in 1789 with the French Revolution.

a)

prehistory

b)

ancient history

c)

the middle ages

d)

the early modern age

e)

the modern age

7.

Industrial Revolution.

Factories used machines to make products.

Trains, planes, computers were invented.

2 World Wars

It hasn't ended yet.

a)

prehistory

b)

ancient history

c)

the middle ages

d)

the early modern age

e)

the modern age

8.

Is divided into:

The Paleolithic Period

The Neolithic Period

People started to communicate with each other.

Religious beliefs and forms of art developed.

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

9.

Began about 2.5 million years ago.

People moved from place to place looking for food --> Nomadic

They hunted, fished, collected fruit and wild plants.

People lived in caves.

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

10.

People discovered how to make fire. It allowed:

Cook their food.

Gave them heat.

Light at night

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

11.

Simple tools from stone, wood and bones.

Spears --> Hunting

Axes --> Cut wood

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

12.

Animals skins:

Clothes

Spain Paleolithic Sites:

Atapuerca

Cave of Altamira

Cave of Tito Bustillo

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

13.

Began about 10.000 years ago.

The start of Agriculture -->People learned to cultivate plants and raise animals.

People became sedentary.

They lived in villages and small towns.

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

14.

New tools to prepare food.

Ceramic pots and baskets -> Store food and water.

Trade --> They exchanged products for other products.

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

15.

People moved from place to place looking for food

(a)  

16.

People discovered how to make (a)   It allowed:

Cook their food.

Gave them heat.

Light at night

17.

The start of (a)   -->People learned to cultivate plants and raise animals.

18.

(a)   --> They exchanged products for other products.

19.

It began about 5.000 B.C. and ended in about 3.500 B.C.

People learned how to make objects with metal (different shapes)

Tools

Weapons

Jewellery

Copper ---> Bronze ---> Iron

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

20.

The wheel was invented. (Transport products = More trade)

They had walls for protection.

Different jobs: farmers, artisans, soldiers, metalworkers and traders.

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

21.

Very prosperous area --> El Argar

Most important civilitations of the Peninsula --> The Celts and the Iberians

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

22.

Ceramic bowls.

Sculptures made of wood, bone and stone.

Beaker pots.

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

23.

Jewellery (gold and silver)

Murals (pictures on the walls)

Megaliths (large blocks of stones. Most importants: Dolmens)

In Spain (Lady of Elche, Treasure of Villena, Pedra Gentil Dolmen)

a)

The stone age

b)

The paleolithic period

c)

The Neolithic Period

d)

The Bronze and Iron ages

24.

The (a)   was invented. (Transport products = More trade)

25.

(a)   (pictures on the walls)

26.

(a)   (large blocks of stones. Most importants: Dolmens)

27.

Ancient History 

Began about 3.500 B.C.(writing was invented) and ended (a)   A.D. (the Roman Empire Fell)

28.

The Roman Empire was established in (a)   B.C.

29.

Where people watched gladiators fight.

a)

Amphitheatre

b)

Circus

c)

Forum

d)

Baths

30.

 Charlot races.

a)

Amphitheatre

b)

Circus

c)

Forum

d)

Baths

31.

 Meeting place / market place.

a)

Amphitheatre

b)

Circus

c)

Forum

d)

Baths

32.

Where people could wash themselves.

a)

Amphitheatre

b)

Circus

c)

Forum

d)

Baths

33.

Roman society was divided into free people and (a)  

34.

To carry water to the cities

a)

Amphitheatre

b)

Circus

c)

Forum

d)

Baths

e)

Aqueducts

35.

To carry dirty water away.

a)

Amphitheatre

b)

Circus

c)

Sewers

d)

Baths

e)

Aqueducts

36.

pictures made from small tiles/ pieces of stone

(a)  

37.

(a)   B.C. Romans invaded the Iberian Peninsula.

38.

5 things that Romanisation introduced:

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