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