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