Practice: history and the Palaeolithic

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1. 1 · History

   How many main periods of history are there?

   Count them on the timeline.

   • a) Three
   • b) Four
   • c) Five
   • d) Seven
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   Respuesta: c) Five

   Five: Prehistory, Ancient History, the Middle Ages, the Early Modern Age and the Modern Age.

2. 2 · History

   Which is the longest period of history?

   It began more than 2 million years ago.

   • a) Prehistory
   • b) Ancient History
   • c) The Middle Ages
   • d) The Modern Age
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   Respuesta: a) Prehistory

   Prehistory is by far the longest period: from the first humans until the invention of writing.

3. 3 · History

   Which event marks the end of Prehistory?

   Around 3200 BC in Mesopotamia.

   • a) The discovery of fire
   • b) The invention of writing
   • c) The fall of Rome
   • d) The French Revolution
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   Respuesta: b) The invention of writing

   The invention of writing, around 3200 BC, marks the beginning of Ancient History.

4. 4 · Timeline

   Match each date with the period that begins

   Use the timeline.

   1. 3200 BC
   2. AD 476
   3. 1453
   4. 1789

   • a) Ancient History
   • b) Early Modern Age
   • c) Middle Ages
   • d) Modern Age
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   Respuesta: 3200 BC → Ancient History · AD 476 → Middle Ages · 1453 → Early Modern Age · 1789 → Modern Age

   Writing (3200 BC), the fall of Rome (476), the fall of Constantinople (1453) and the French Revolution (1789).

5. 5 · Sources

   Match each historical source with its type

   Material, written, visual or oral?

   1. A bone tool
   2. An old letter
   3. A cave painting
   4. A story from your grandfather

   • a) Material
   • b) Oral
   • c) Visual
   • d) Written
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   Respuesta: A bone tool → Material · An old letter → Written · A cave painting → Visual · A story from your grandfather → Oral

   Objects are material sources, texts are written, images are visual and what people tell us is oral.

6. 6 · Sources

   Who digs in the ground to find remains of the past?

   They work at an excavation.

   • a) A meteorologist
   • b) An archaeologist
   • c) A climatologist
   • d) A miner
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   Respuesta: b) An archaeologist

   Archaeologists dig carefully to find tools, bones and buildings from the past.

7. 7 · Palaeolithic

   Palaeolithic means…

   palaeo + lithic

   • a) new stone
   • b) old stone
   • c) metal age
   • d) first fire
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   Respuesta: b) old stone

   Palaeolithic means 'old stone'. Neolithic means 'new stone'.

8. 8 · Palaeolithic

   People who move from one place to another are…

   Palaeolithic people lived like this.

   • a) sedentary
   • b) nomads
   • c) artisans
   • d) merchants
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   Respuesta: b) nomads

   Palaeolithic people were nomads: they moved to follow animals and find food.

9. 9 · Palaeolithic

   What did Palaeolithic people use fire for?

   Three important things.

   • a) Cooking, heating and protection from animals
   • b) Making metal tools
   • c) Writing
   • d) Farming
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   Respuesta: a) Cooking, heating and protection from animals

   Fire let them cook food, keep warm and protect themselves from predators.

10. 10 · Spain

    Match each place with what was found there

    Palaeolithic Spain.

    1. Atapuerca (Burgos)
    2. Altamira (Cantabria)

    • a) Cave paintings of bison
    • b) Fossils of Homo antecessor
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    Respuesta: Atapuerca (Burgos) → Fossils of Homo antecessor · Altamira (Cantabria) → Cave paintings of bison

    Atapuerca has some of the oldest human fossils in Europe; Altamira has famous cave paintings.