Prehistory SKILLS TEST

Name ____________________________________________ Date __________________

Unit ________________ Lesson _____________________________________________

1. Look at the pictures and write the periods of history.

The Middle Ages The Modern Age Prehistory
The Early Modern Age Ancient History

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2. Read and write the period.

a) It ended when writing began: ____________________________________________

b) It ended when Columbus discovered America: ________________________________

c) It started with the French Revolution: _______________________________________

d) It ended when the Roman Empire fell: ______________________________________

e) It started when Columbus discovered America, and ended with the French Revolution:

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3. Speak. Do a Paleolithic role play.

a) Work in groups of 3.
b) Read the instructions, plan and practise your dialogue.
Student A: You are hungry. Ask student B how you can get food.
Student B: Tell student A how to get food. You want to cook a fish.
Ask student C what to do.
Student C: Tell student B how to cook the fish. You are cold. Ask
student A what you can use to make clothes.
Student A: Tell student C what to use to make clothes.
c) Perform your dialogue for the class.

4. Listen and write true (T) or false (F).

a) The Neolithic Period began 7000 years ago.

b) Neolithic people cultivated crops.

c) Neolithic people moved around to find food.

d) All Neolithic people were artisans.

e) Neolithic people traded products and crops.

5. Speak. Look at the picture. Take turns with a partner to describe life during the
Bronze and Iron Ages.

During the Bronze and Iron ages, people grew / made / lived in /
invented / were / had …

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Answer key
1. Look at the pictures and write the periods of history. (2 points)
The Middle Ages The Modern Age Prehistory
The Early Modern Age Ancient History

Prehistory Ancient History

The Middle Ages The Early Modern Age The Modern Age
2. Read and write the period. (2 points)

a) It ended when writing began: Prehistory

b) It ended when Columbus discovered America: The Middle Ages
c) It started with the French Revolution: The Modern Age
d) It ended when the Roman Empire fell: Ancient History
e) It started when Columbus discovered America, and ended with the French
Revolution:
The Early Modern Age
3. Speak. Do a Paleolithic role play. (2 points) Students’ own answers.
a) Work in groups of 3.
b) Read the instructions, plan and practise your dialogue.
Student A: You are hungry. Ask student B how you can get food.
Student B: Tell student A how to get food. You want to cook a fish.
Ask student C what to do.
Student C: Tell student B how to cook the fish. You are cold. Ask
student A what you can use to make clothes.
Student A: Tell student C what to use to make clothes.
c) Perform your dialogue for the class.

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Answer key
4. Listen and write true (T) or false (F). (2 points)
a) The Neolithic Period began 7000 years ago. F
b) Neolithic people cultivated crops. T
c) Neolithic people moved around to find food. F
d) All Neolithic people were artisans. F
e) Neolithic people traded products and crops. T

5. Speak. Look at the picture. Take turns with a partner to describe life during the
Bronze and Iron Ages. (2 points)

Suggested answers:
During the Bronze and Iron ages, people grew crops / made tools, jewellery and weapons
/ lived in villages / invented the wheel / were farmers, metalworkers, soldiers and traders.

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Audio transcript for activity 4.
The Neolithic Period started about 10,000 years ago and ended about
7,000 years ago. Neolithic people discovered how to cultivate plants from
seeds. This was the beginning of agriculture.

Neolithic people cultivated crops and raised animals. They didn’t need to
move around to look for food.

People became sedentary. They stopped moving around. They lived in

huts in villages.

Some people were artisans. Other people were farmers.

People started to exchange the products they made and the crops they
cultivated. This was the beginning of trade.

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