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