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Prehistory (Unit 4) 6th grade - Quiz
Contributed by: Cambon
  • 1. The most important technique that historians use to learn about prehistoric people is...
A) history
B) geology
C) archaeology
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 living thing
B) invention of writing
C) first human being
D) Extinction of the dinasours
  • 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) Palaeolithic and Neolithic
B) Bronze and Iron Age
C) The Stone Age and the Metal Age
  • 6. The controlled use of fire, domestication of dogs and the invention of boats, were discoveries of the...
A) Paleolithic people
B) Bronze age people
C) Neolithic people
D) Iron Age people
  • 7. In this period, humans used more sophisticated tools made of polished stones.
A) Metal age
B) Neolithic period
C) Paleolithic period
  • 8. In this period, the most important advance was farming.
A) Paleolithic period
B) Neolithic period
C) Iron age
D) Bronze age
  • 9. These people invented the wheel, the plough and the pottery wheel.
A) Paleolithic
B) Bronze age people
C) Neolithic
  • 10. The first metal which was widely used by humans was...
A) copper
B) tin
C) bronze
D) iron
  • 11. When copper became scarce, people started to use another metal:
A) gold
B) iron
C) tin
D) bronze
  • 12. This species existed at the same time that Homo Sapiens, and then it became extinct.
A) Australopithecus
B) Homo Habilis
C) Neanderthals
D) Homo Erectus
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