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Prehistory Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The time before written records

a)
Prehistory
b)
Middle Ages
c)
Renaissance
d)
Industrial Revolution
2.

Match the following

a)

Prehistoric and current city near the Dead Sea and Jordan River with a famous wall

1.

Jericho

b)

Prehistoric city located in modern-day Turkey, which is famous for its art and religious practices

2.

Catal Huyuk

c)

A prehistoric monument in England, with purposes that are still unclear to historians today

3.

Stonehenge

3.

Reorder the following

a)

Paleolithic Age

b)

Mesolithic Age

c)

Neolithic Age

1)
2)
3)
4.

The study of humans and their development

a)
Anthropology
b)
Biology
c)
Geography
d)
Psychology
5.

Early relatives to modern day humans

a)
Neanderthals
b)
Dinosaurs
c)

Hominids

d)
Elephants
6.

Relatives or family members who lived in the past

a)
Ancestors
b)
Neighbors
c)
Friends
d)
Colleagues
7.

Match the following

a)

"Southern ape," believed to be one of the first hominids capable of walking on two feet

1.

Australopithicus

b)

"Handy man," believed to be one of the first hominids to create stone tools

2.

Homo habilis

c)

"Upright man," believed to be the first hominid to walk on two feet full time, learn to control fire, and migrate outside of Africa

3.

Homo erectus

d)

"Wise man," the group including modern day humans,which is believed to be the first hominid to develop language

4.

Homo sapiens

8.

The closest extinct hominid to humans who lived across Europe and Central Asia, and believed to be the first hominid to bury their dead

a)
Homo habilis
b)
Homo erectus
c)
Neanderthals
d)
Australopithecus
9.

Australopithecus whose remains are over 3 million years old

a)

Rita

b)

Michelle

c)

Lucy

d)

Martha

10.

Homo sapiens from the Stone Ages who was discovered frozen in a glacier and is one of the oldest mummies in human history

a)
Otzi the Iceman
b)
King Tutankhamun
c)
Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
d)
Rosalia Lombardo
11.

The application of science and engineering to create tools that improve the quality of life

a)
Technology
b)
Biology
c)
Chemistry
d)
Physics
12.

A handheld object that is designed to help complete a specific task

a)

tool

b)

iPad

c)

tennis racket

d)

spoon

13.

A period of time where humans invented and primarily used stone tools

a)
Stone Age
b)
Iron Age
c)
Bronze Age
d)
Neolithic Age
14.

Label the Bering Strait

15.

A group of people living together in a community.

a)
Family
b)
Society
c)
Team
d)
Group
16.

People who hunt animals and gather wild plants to acquire food are called ​ (a)   . They travel to follow the food and do not have a permanent home, so they are ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
hunter-gatherers
nomads
society
agriculture
population
farmers
17.

Movement from one location to another, in order to establish a new permanent settlement.

a)
Migration
b)
Vacation
c)
Commutation
d)
Relocation
18.

The total number of people in a specific area, such as a city, state, or country

a)
Population
b)
Demographics
c)
Census
d)
Inhabitants
19.

Time periods with consistently freezing temperatures throughout the world

a)
Ice Age
b)
Global Warming
c)
Ozone Depletion
d)
Greenhouse Effect
20.

The ​ (a)   of animals and plants for farming, and ​ (b)   , the process of farming, were central to the ​ (c)   , a shift from the hunter-gather lifestyle and allowed humans to produce large quantities of food.

Choose from the below words
domestication
agriculture
Agricultural Revolution
ice ages
migration
population
society