Prehistory Overview Quiz

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What does prehistory study?

Human life through material culture, including tools and artifacts.

What are the two major periods of prehistory?

  • Industrial Age
  • Metal Age (correct)
  • Information Age
  • Stone Age (correct)

Which period is characterized by the use and control of fire?

  • Paleolithic Inferior
  • Paleolithic Superior
  • Paleolithic Medio (correct)
  • Neolithic

The Paleolithic period corresponds to the Holocene Epoch.

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What materials were tools made from during the Paleolithic Superior period?

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What was the average lifespan during the Paleolithic period?

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The Paleolithic is further divided into three phases: Paleolithic Inferior, Paleolithic Medio, and ______.

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What type of subsistence was primarily used during the Paleolithic Inferior?

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Prehistory

The period of human history before the invention of writing, studied through material culture.

Stone Age

A period in prehistory characterized by the use of stone tools.

Paleolithic

Part of the Stone Age, from the earliest stone tools to the development of agriculture.

Paleolithic Inferior

Early Paleolithic period, marked by the appearance of hominids and early stone tools.

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Megafauna Hunting

Hunting large animals, a common practice in the Middle Paleolithic.

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Paleolithic Middle

Paleolithic period marked by specialized stone tools and fire control.

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Paleolithic Superior

Late Paleolithic, with expansion of Homo sapiens and greater cultural diversity.

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Cave Paintings

Artistic expressions, often of animals, found in Paleolithic Superior.

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Metal Age

A period in prehistory characterized by the use of metal tools.

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Pleistocene Epoch

Ice Age period, corresponding to the Paleolithic, characterized by fluctuating temperatures.

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