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