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