Prehistory (Unit 4) 6th grade
  • 1. The most important technique that historians use to learn about prehistoric people is...
A) history
B) biology
C) archaeology
D) geology
  • 2. Our species is
A) Homo Sapiens
B) Homo Habilis
C) Homo Neanderthalensis
D) Homo Erectus
  • 3. Prehistory begins with the...
A) Extinction of the dinasours
B) first human being
C) first living thing
D) invention of writing
  • 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) 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) Paleolithic period
B) Neolithic period
C) Metal age
  • 8. In this period, the most important advance was farming.
A) Paleolithic period
B) Bronze age
C) Neolithic period
D) Iron age
  • 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) copper
B) iron
C) tin
D) bronze
  • 11. When copper became scarce, people started to use another metal:
A) gold
B) iron
C) bronze
D) tin
  • 12. This species existed at the same time that Homo Sapiens, and then it became extinct.
A) Homo Habilis
B) Homo Erectus
C) Australopithecus
D) Neanderthals
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