Grade 6 · World history
This quiz helps revise “Prehistoric people” in World history for grade 6. It has 25 questions in five categories: Early ancestors, The Stone Age, The Ice Age, The First Farmers, Art and beliefs. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
On which continent did the earliest human ancestors evolve, earning it the nickname the cradle of humankind?
Discovered in Ethiopia, the famous fossil skeleton nicknamed Lucy belonged to which group of early walking hominins?
What vital source of…
In the gameThis scientific model reconstructs…
In the gameWhat name is given…
In the gameWhich brittle grey mineral chipped into sharp edges and became the most common material for Stone Age tools?
Chipped on both faces into a teardrop shape, this versatile Stone Age cutting tool was gripped in the palm. What is it called?
Which ranged weapon did…
In the gamePrehistoric toolmakers prized this…
In the gameArchaeologists read a dig…
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Covered in shaggy wool and armed with curved tusks, this giant Ice Age relative of the elephant was prized for meat and ivory. Who is it?
Which natural hollow inside a cliff or mountain sheltered Ice Age families from biting winds and predators?
Carved from animal bone…
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In the gameWhich major activity began during the Neolithic era, when humans learned to till soil and sow edible crops?
Baked in a fire or kiln to make them hard and waterproof, clay pots like this spread during the Neolithic. What are they called?
Which ancient craft emerged…
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This vibrant painting of a bison decorates the ceiling of a famous cave in Spain known as the cradle of cave art. What is its name?
Which natural iron-rich mineral pigment provided Stone Age artists with warm red and yellow colours for cave walls?
What nickname do archaeologists…
In the gameWhat is the ancient…
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In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.