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Stone Age
Bronze Age
Egyptians
Mayans
Pre History General Knowledge
100

Why do we call the Stone Age the Stone Age?

Most tools were made of stone.

100

Which country built a great empire and created many new things during the Bronze Age?

Egypt

100

What did the Egyptians use their pyramids for?

To bury their dead

100
What special treat would we not have today if not for the Mayan's discovering how to make it from the seeds they got out of a fruit from a tree?

Chocolate

100

How many eras make up the Stone Age?

3

200

What was one of the large animals that the people of the stone age hunted for food, clothing, shelter and tools?

Hint: It looks a lot like an elephant

Wooly Mammoth

200

What two metals are melted and mixed together to make bronze?

copper and tin

200

What did the Egyptians call their Leader?

Pharaoh

200

In what country did the Mayans live?

Mexico

200

What is the word for people who move from place to place a lot?

Nomad

300

What major invention was created during the Neolithic era

Wheel

300

What is another name for The Bronze Age?

The Pharaonic Age

300

What did the Egyptians call the symbols that they used for writing words and ideas?

Hieroglyphics

300

Name one thing that the Myans created, discovered or invented

Calendar

Number system

The number 0

Chocolate

300

What was the discovery that helped early man see, cook his food, stay warm and keep animals away?

Fire

400

What is the first era of the Stone Age?

Paleolithic

400

Why were people able to live in one place for a long time during the Bronze Age? 

Hint: What had they gotten really good at?

They had gotten really good at farming and no longer had to chase their food.

400

What were the Egyptian pyramids made out of?

A) Wood 


B) Stone

C) Animal Skins

400

What caused the decline of the Mayan population in the 1500s?

The Spanish brought sickness with them.

400

Name one thing that people used animals for during the Stone Age.

Food

Clothing

Shelter

500

How many eras make up the Stone Age?

3

500

On what continent is Egypt?

Africa

500

Why were the pyramids very special to the Egyptians?

That's where they buried their dead.

500

How many symbols were in the Mayan Hieroglyphs?

Over 800

500

When did prehistory stop and history begin?

A) When the ice age ended

B) When people crossed the land bridge into North America

C) When history began to be written down

C) When history began to be written down