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SSG4 U1C1: Prehistory and the Agricultural Revolution

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A decade is how many years?

a)

1

b)

10

c)

50

d)

100

2.

A century is how many years?

a)

10

b)

50

c)

100

d)

1,000

3.

Which date happened earliest?

a)

75 AD

b)

320 BC

c)

210 AD

d)

15 AD

4.

Which pair shows the earlier date first?

a)

125 AD, 80 AD

b)

300 BC, 150 BC

c)

1450 AD, 1200 AD

d)

90 AD, 120 AD

5.

Early people made sharp tools mainly by…

a)

carving clay

b)

melting iron

c)

chipping flint with stones

d)

cutting with glass

6.

At first, people hunted large animals mainly with…

a)

clubs

b)

tractors

c)

metal spears

d)

slingshots

7.

As time went on with early humans, basic hunting weapons grew to include…

a)

rubber bands

b)

spears and arrows

c)

swords only

d)

fishing nets only

8.

Which of these was NOT typical for hunter-gatherers?

a)

forming small family groups

b)

moving when seasons changed

c)

raising crops in big fields

d)

making temporary shelters

9.

Early humans migrated to which region last?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

North & South America

10.

Which route helped people reach Australia?

a)

Crossed a land bridge from Asia during the Ice Age

b)

Traveled along rivers or the Mediterranean coast

c)

Sailed from islands of Southeast Asia across the Indian Ocean

d)

Passed through very hot deserts

11.

Archaeologists learn about prehistory mainly by…

a)

interviewing the people who lived then

b)

reading their diaries

c)

studying artifacts they find

d)

guessing without evidence

12.

Which of the following is considered an artifact?

a)

a clay pot made by humans

b)

a seashell

c)

a cat

d)

a bird feather

13.

Which of the following inventions came earliest in history?

a)

Compass (206 BC)

b)

Wheel (3500 BC)

c)

Printing press (1440 AD)

d)

Paper (105 AD)

14.

Which happened closer to the present day?

a)

589 AD

b)

500 BC

15.

Which continent is associated with passing through very hot deserts?

a)

Australia

b)

Europe

c)

North & South America

d)

South Asia

16.

Which continent is associated with crossing a land bridge from Asia during the Ice Age?

a)

Australia

b)

Europe

c)

North & South America

d)

South Asia

17.

Which continent is associated with sailing from islands of Southeast Asia (like Indonesia) across the Indian Ocean?

a)

Australia

b)

Europe

c)

North & South America

d)

South Asia

18.

Which continent is associated with early humans spreading next to after leaving their first homeland?

a)

Asia

b)

Antarctica

c)

Australia

d)

North America

19.

Which continent is associated with archaeologists studying artifacts to learn about prehistory?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

c)

Europe

d)

North America

20.

Why did hunter-gatherers move from place to place during the year?

a)

To find new friends

b)

To follow animal migrations

c)

To build permanent homes

d)

To avoid the rain

21.

What is one reason historians think people migrated to new regions long ago?

a)

To escape boredom

b)

To find better food sources

c)

To learn new languages

d)

To build bigger cities

22.

How can a timeline help you compare events that happened in BC and AD?

a)

By showing the order of events

b)

By making events disappear

c)

By changing the events

d)

By hiding the events

23.
The movement of people from one location to another is called______________.
a)
transportation
b)
glaciation
c)
Paleolithic
d)
migration
24.

How did the first humans come to the Americas 10,000 years ago?

a)

They built boats and sailed here.

b)

They hiked over the Andes Mountains.

c)

There were no humans in the Americas until 1492.

d)

They crossed the Bering land bridge.

25.
What continent is letter A?
a)
North America
b)
South America 
c)
Europe
d)
Africa
26.
What continent is letter B?
a)
South America
b)
North America
c)
Asia 
d)
Australia
27.
What continent is letter C?
a)
Antarctica 
b)
Australia
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
28.
What continent is letter D?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
29.
What continent is letter E?
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
d)
Antarctica
30.
What continent is letter F?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
Australia
d)
South America
31.
What continent is letter G?
a)
Australia
b)
Antarctica
c)
Asia
d)
North America
32.
What ocean is letter A? 
a)
Southern Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
33.
What ocean is letter B? 
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
34.
What ocean is letter C? 
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Indian Ocean
d)
Southern Ocean
35.
What ocean is letter D? 
a)
Arctic Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
36.
What ocean surrounds Antarctica, but does not have a label on the map?
a)
Southern Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
37.

Who believes in you?

a)

myself

b)

Miss Lukinovich

c)

Jesus