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Old Stone Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a scientist who learns about the past by studying artifacts

a)

paleontologist

b)

meterologist

c)

archaeologist

2.

What's another name for the Old Stone Age?

a)

Paleolithic period

b)

Neolithic period

c)

Mesolithic period

3.

an object created by humans is called a (n)

a)

asteriod

b)

artifact

c)

hypothesis

4.

preserved remains of ancient organisms are called ----

a)

variable

b)

quantitative data

c)

fossils

5.

someone who studies or writes about history is called a ---

a)

Ms vice principal

b)

historian

c)

anthropologist

6.

where information is gathered from is called a ----

a)

Ms cafe monitor

b)

source

c)

the scientific method

7.

inventions that help humans live better

a)

technology

b)

quantitative data

c)

a fossil

8.

people who travel from place to place in search of food

a)

nomad

b)

the WCMS football team

c)

explorers

9.

people who always travel from place to place , hunting animals and picking food from plants

a)

farmers

b)

Nomadic hunters and gathers

c)

paleontologist

10.

to move from one place to another

a)

migrate

b)

artifact

c)

nomad

11.

a process of shaping stone by chipping pieces off the edges

a)

flaking

b)

floudering

c)

paleolithic

12.

painting found on cave walls and ceilings

a)

cave art

b)

cavedweller

c)

mammoths

13.

The closest extinct human relative, who lived in Europe, and had social structures, and used tools, buried the dead and hunted

a)

Cro Magnon Man

b)

Neanderthal

c)

Java Man

14.

time before writing was invented

a)

archaeology

b)

prehistory

c)

history

15.

an early ancestor of humans

a)

hominids

b)

mastodons

c)

flint

16.

small group of early humans

a)

village

b)

city-state

c)

clan

17.

an original document containing first hand information about a subject

a)

secondary source

b)

primary source

c)

an encyclopedia

18.

informational text created by someone who did not experience an event first hand

a)

secondary source

b)

primary source

c)

a diary of Anne Frank

19.

materials found in nature that people need and value

a)

artifacts

b)

resources

c)

middle school football players

20.

what year was Otzi discovered

a)

1966

b)

1991

c)

2001

21.

Otzi's 61 tattoos may have been a guideline for a form of acupuncture

a)

true

b)

false

22.

Otzi nickname was

a)

Trevor

b)

iceman

c)

Mr.chill