Prehistory (Unit 4) 6th grade
  • 1. The most important technique that historians use to learn about prehistoric people is...
A) biology
B) geology
C) archaeology
D) history
  • 2. Our species is
A) Homo Habilis
B) Homo Erectus
C) Homo Sapiens
D) Homo Neanderthalensis
  • 3. Prehistory begins with the...
A) first living thing
B) Extinction of the dinasours
C) invention of writing
D) first human being
  • 4. Prehistory ends with the
A) invention of writing
B) first human beings
C) fall of the Roman Empire
D) extinction of Neanderthals
  • 5. The Stone Age is divided into
A) Bronze and Iron Age
B) Palaeolithic and Neolithic
C) The Stone Age and the Metal Age
  • 6. The controlled use of fire, domestication of dogs and the invention of boats, were discoveries of the...
A) Paleolithic people
B) Iron Age people
C) Neolithic people
D) Bronze age people
  • 7. In this period, humans used more sophisticated tools made of polished stones.
A) Paleolithic period
B) Neolithic period
C) Metal age
  • 8. In this period, the most important advance was farming.
A) Paleolithic period
B) Iron age
C) Bronze age
D) Neolithic period
  • 9. These people invented the wheel, the plough and the pottery wheel.
A) Paleolithic
B) Neolithic
C) Bronze age people
  • 10. The first metal which was widely used by humans was...
A) tin
B) bronze
C) copper
D) iron
  • 11. When copper became scarce, people started to use another metal:
A) bronze
B) gold
C) iron
D) tin
  • 12. This species existed at the same time that Homo Sapiens, and then it became extinct.
A) Homo Erectus
B) Homo Habilis
C) Australopithecus
D) Neanderthals
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