Life in Prehistoric Times
Ex. A --- Add TRUE or FALSE to the statements below:-
1) History is only made up of knowledge, dates and facts. _______________
2) Pre-History is divided into four periods. _______________
3) The word "lithic" comes from an Italian word. _______________
4) "Mega" means big. _______________
5) Altamira is in France and Lascaux is in Spain. _______________
6) The plant catmint was used as a type of medicine. It was an ancient cold cure. _______________
7) In pre-historic times, vinegar was used to preserve food. _______________
8) In pre-historic times, both men and women went hunting for animals. _______________
9) Historical sources are divided into primary and tertiary sources. ___________
10) Pre-historic people began farming and raising up animals before resorting to hunting. __________
Ex. B --- Fill in the blanks with the correct words or sentences.
1) Historians use historical evidence in order to ____________________________________________
___________________________________. They find the evidence they need to do this in s_______
2) In history, a source is _______________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
3) A primary source is ________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
An example of a primary source is ____________________________________________________
4) A secondary source is _______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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An example of a secondary source is ___________________________________________________
A good historian must check both ____________ and ___________ sources.
5) Pre-History is ______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________
6) Pre-Historic remains give us only PROBABLE hints because _____________________________
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7) When studying the available evidence about the past, historians need to ask the following important question:-
"_____________________________________________________?"
8) The first period of Pre-History is called _____________________________ ; the second period is called
___________________________ and the third period is called _________________________
9) The word "Neolithic" means ________________________________ and the word "megalithic" means
___________________________________.
10) In order to get food, pre-historic people resorted to h_________, f_________, f_______-g_________
and fa_________.
