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6th Unit 2- Whole Unit

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prehistory refers to...

a)

The time before written history.

b)

The time before humans were alive.

c)

The time of the dinosaurs.

d)

The time before the dinosaurs.

2.

Which is the correct order of the ages of history?

a)

Paleolithic, Neolithic, Metal Age

b)

Metal Age, Paleolithic, Neolithic,

c)

Neolithic,Paleolithic, Metal Age

d)

Paleolithic, Metal Age, Neolithic

3.

Paleolithic means...

a)

Dinosaur Age

b)

Old Stone Age

c)

New Stone Age

d)

Stone Age

4.

Neolithic means...

a)

Dinosaur Age

b)

Old Stone Age

c)

New Stone Age

d)

Stone Age

5.

__________ ___________ helped people in Paleolithic times communicate better with each other.

a)

Fire discovery

b)

Spoken language

c)

Cell phones

d)

Paleolithic e-mails

6.

Early artists painted the walls of their caves with ______ made from crushed rock mixed with animal fat.

a)

brushes

b)

oil

c)

paints

d)

chalk

7.

What is the biggest achievement of the Neolithic Age?

a)

agriculture

b)

copper tools

c)

flint axes

d)

spoken language

8.

People during the Paleolithic were...

a)
Farmers
b)
Hunter-gatherers
c)
Industrial workers
d)

Dinosaur wranglers

9.

How did agriculture change the lifestyle of the early peoples?

a)

They continued to hunt and gather.

b)

They stopped farming and starting using computers.

c)

They were still nomadic.

d)

They began to settle in one place.

10.

What is the Land Bridge Theory?

a)

the first people in America sailed her from Europe

b)

the first people in North America crossed a bridge from Australia to North America

c)

the first people crossed over an ice bridge from Asia into North America

d)

the first people crossed over a bridge from Africa into North America

11.
Paleolithic people were able to survive because they used
a)
Rocks
b)
Water
c)
Caves
d)
Fire
12.
Which of the following developed after the Paleolithic Age?
a)
Spoken language
b)
Farming
c)
Art
d)
Tools
13.

Nomadic people...

a)

Followed animals

b)

Were hunter gatherers

c)

Lived mostly in the Paleolithic era

d)

All of the above

14.

Agriculture is...

a)

The cultivation of plants and the domestication of animals

b)

The cultivation of plants

c)

The domestication of animals

d)

traveling in groups following herds of animals

15.

The word cultivation means...

a)
The process of trying to acquire or develop a quality or skill
b)
The process of growing plants
c)
The process of cooking food
d)
The process of painting a picture
16.

The word domestication means...

a)

The process of growing or raising wild plants and animals for human use

b)
The process of training pets
c)
The process of cleaning a house
d)
The process of cooking food
17.

Migration means....

a)
The process of moving from one place to another
b)
The process of changing one's job
c)
The process of changing one's religion
d)
The process of changing one's nationality
18.

Historians and Scientists believe that the first humans lived in...

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

19.
This time period began when people began to farm: growing crops and raising animals.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age
20.
The main job was to find enough food for survival.
a)
Paleolithic Age
b)
Neolithic Age