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Early Peoples/Types of Historians

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the periods of prehistory ?

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Neolithic

c)

Mesolithic

d)

Ceolithic

2.

Early humans can be described as...

a)

Hunters & Gatherers

b)

Nomadic

c)

People who lived in caves/pit houses

d)

Anti-social

e)

Using tools and creating art forms though paintings

3.

Farming settlements developed along what resource?

a)

Grassy Plains

b)

Volcanoes

c)

Mountains

d)

River valleys

4.

The Neolithic age ended with the introduction of what metal?

a)

Iron

b)

Tin

c)

Copper

d)

Bronze

e)

Steel

5.

What is a primary source?

a)

Anything created at the time of the event by someone who was a part of the event.

b)

Anything created at the time of the event by someone who witnessed, or, that was part of the event.

c)

Anything created at the time of the event by someone who witnessed it.

d)

None of the above

6.

What is a secondary source?

a)

Something that was created later by someone who did experience it firsthand.

b)

Something that was created during the time of the event.

c)

Something that was created later by someone who did not participate or experience it firsthand.

d)

None of the above

7.

What are paleontologists?

a)

Historians that study history by looking at what people left behind

b)

Historians that study human culture and societies

c)

Historians that study prehistoric times

d)

Historians that study language and future trends

8.

What is an archaeologist?

a)

Historians that study history by looking at what people left behind.

b)

Historians that study human culture and societies

c)

Historians that study prehistoric times

d)

Historians that study language and future trends.

9.

What is an anthropologist?

a)

Historians that study language and future trends.

b)

Historians that study history by looking at what people left behind.

c)

Historians that study human culture and societies

d)

Historians that study prehistoric times

10.

What type of evidence is used for paleontologists?

a)

All of the above

b)

Culture

c)

Artifacts

d)

Fossils

11.

What type of evidence is used for archaeologists?

a)

All of the above

b)

Fossils

c)

Artifacts

d)

Culture

12.

What type of evidence is used for anthropologists?

a)

All of the above

b)

Fossils

c)

Artifacts

d)

Culture

13.

Which prehistory period was part of the agricultural revolution?

a)

Mesolithic

b)

Neolithic

c)

Ceolithic

d)

Paleolithic

14.

What occurred during the Mesolithic age?

a)

Irrigation was created

b)

People started using hooks, fishing spears, bows and arrows

c)

Canoes were built

d)

The Domestication of dogs

e)

Fire was found

15.

What materials are used to make Bronze?

a)

Iron

b)

Tin

c)

Copper

d)

Gold