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