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QUIZ CHAPTER 1
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HISTORY
QUIZ CHAPTER 1

Slide 1 - Slide

1a. Finish the sentence.
This is the Age of.....

Slide 2 - Open question

1b. When did this Age end?

Slide 3 - Open question

1c. What is the other name for this Age?

Slide 4 - Open question

1d. Which of the following is NOT a correct
Typical Aspect of this Age?
A
life of hunter-gatherers
B
the rise of the first cities
C
the first civilisations
D
the first farmers

Slide 5 - Quiz

2. What is the best description of Prehistory?
A
the time of which we have no written records
B
All the time BC
C
the time from the dinosaurs until Lucy
D
the time in which people lived as hunter-gatherers

Slide 6 - Quiz

4. Look at the picture. Why are these
paintings an important source for
helping us understand
what prehistoric man thought?
Choose the correct answer.
A
Because they teach us something about the hunting techniques of hunter-gatherers.
B
Because these paintings show clearly how advanced prehistoric man was.
C
Because in prehistory, people did not write things down.
D
Because these paintings are the only remains scientists have found from prehistory.

Slide 7 - Quiz

5. Why did hunter-gatherers not use pottery?
Choose 2 answers and write the letters down. Do it like this: a+d (for example)

a.Farmers needed pottery to store grain, while hunter-gatherers did not have to store food.
b.Hunter-gatherers moved around a lot, so pottery would be too heavy to carry around.
c.Hunter-gatherers only used what they could find in nature and did not make anything.
d.Hunter-gatherers did not have fire yet, so they could not make pottery.

Slide 8 - Open question

6. Agriculture first started in the Fertile Crescent.
Why is this area given that name?

A
The first farmers made this area fertile with manure for growing their plants here.
B
The area is shaped like a crescent moon and people lived there because they believed it was good land.
C
The rivers Nile and Tigris make this a fertile area, so very good for growing crops.
D
The shape of the area is like a crescent moon, and the rivers made the soil fertile.

Slide 9 - Quiz

7. Why did hunter-gatherers have only few possessions?
A
because they did not have the skills to make more tools
B
because they did not need many possessions
C
because they had to carry everything when they travelled
D
because other groups would steal their possessions when they travelled

Slide 10 - Quiz

8. To "settle down" means that people changed from moving from place to place to living permanently at the same place
A
true
B
false

Slide 11 - Quiz

9. Settling down was not something that people did all of a sudden. It was a slow process.
A
true
B
false

Slide 12 - Quiz

10. Where did farming begin?
A
Northern Europe
B
Middle East
C
Central Africa
D
Asia

Slide 13 - Quiz

11. Which of these animals is the best example of a domesticated animal?
A
bear
B
rhinoceros
C
dog
D
eagle

Slide 14 - Quiz

14. In which century were you born?

write down only the NUMBER of the century

Slide 15 - Open question

17. How do you know if the year 766 is AD or BC?
A
you can not know for sure if AD or BC is not added to the date
B
If AD or BC are not added it is always BC
C
If AD or BC are not added it is always AD
D
If AD or BC are not added it is not a date in history

Slide 16 - Quiz

finished?
now you can still change answers
until you press "hand in"

when you are really finished press "hand in"!
then close the test.

Slide 17 - Slide