Prehistory (Unit 4) 6th grade
  • 1. The most important technique that historians use to learn about prehistoric people is...
A) archaeology
B) history
C) biology
D) geology
  • 2. Our species is
A) Homo Habilis
B) Homo Neanderthalensis
C) Homo Erectus
D) Homo Sapiens
  • 3. Prehistory begins with the...
A) invention of writing
B) first living thing
C) Extinction of the dinasours
D) first human being
  • 4. Prehistory ends with the
A) extinction of Neanderthals
B) first human beings
C) fall of the Roman Empire
D) invention of writing
  • 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) Bronze age people
B) Neolithic people
C) Paleolithic people
D) Iron 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) Iron age
B) Neolithic period
C) Bronze age
D) Paleolithic 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) copper
B) bronze
C) tin
D) iron
  • 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 Erectus
B) Neanderthals
C) Australopithecus
D) Homo Habilis
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