WorksheetsPaleolithic Era Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
This year we are studying ancient history and observing artifacts left behind by ancient people. A scientist who studies ancient artifacts to learn about the past is an _________.
Paleontologist
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Biologist
________ is the time period before writing was invented. The periods of time before written history.
The Bronze Age
Before the Common Era
Prehistory
Land Before Time
What do we call human-made objects that hold a cultural or historical significance that we can learn from?
Tools
Pottery
Archaeology
Artifacts
To excavate something means to...
Look at something.
Label Something.
Dig something up.
Make an inference about something.
Which of the following IS NOT the job of an archaeologist?
To hunt for and study fossils.
To excavate artifacts.
To take photos of artifacts.
To make observations and use them to make inferences about what an artifact might be!
Using any of your 5 senses to describe the world around you.
Prediction
Observation
Inference
Opinion
What is an inference?
Using any of your 5 senses to describe the world around you.
A guess based on observations and prior knowledge.
A judgment based on personal feelings.
Which of the following statements is an observation?
These are probably from Rome
They were probably used as drinking cups
There are colorful animals painted on the cups
These are probably over 3,000 years old.
Which of the following artifacts would not be considered prehistoric?
Axe
Cuneiform - first written language
stone arrowhead
During the Paleolithic Era, early humans were ____ because they traveled from place to place in search of food and resources.
archaeologists
farmers
nomads
mummies
The Paleolithic Era is a Greek term meaning____.
The Old Stone Age.
The New Stone Age
Prehistoric Period
The Land Before Time.
True or False: Paleolithic people did not own any property
True
False
Which of the following shelters was not used by people during the Stone Age?
caves
Huts made of animal bones and hides
Log houses
Tents made of mammoth skins
Which of the following was a reason Paleolithic people often moved from place to place instead of building permanent shelters?
They wanted to explore new lands
They followed animals and seasons to find food
Their shelters were destroyed by floods
They were searching for metal tools
How did the Paleolithic lifestyle affect people’s diet and health?
They ate mostly farmed crops and dairy products
They had a balanced diet of processed foods
They hunted and gathered fresh foods, which kept them active and strong
They were from eating only one type of food
