verzamel TEST AGE 1: Hunters & Farmers

• History
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1,2

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HISTORY

AGE 1 

1. Dictionary (E-NL) is allowed. NO google translate.
2. You may use a calculator.
3. Besides a dictionary, calculator and chromebook, your desk is empty:  no notebook, no notes and.....no phone!
4. Only 1 tab is opened during the test. Use FULL SCREEN.
5. Finished? Hand in your work and CLOSE your chromebook.

read the rules before you start

Good Luck!

This test has: 

-- mc questions, -- drag&drop questions, -- open questions

You can earn -- points to get a "10"

Timeline

Chronology question. Put the events in the correct order on the timeline.

around 8,000 years ago

around 250,000 years ago

around 15,000 years ago

around 12,000 years ago

around 7,300 years ago

around 4500 years ago

cave paintings Lascaux are made

beginning of agriculture in the Netherlands

beginning of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent

domestication of sheep and goats

Stonehenge is built

Beginning Out of Africa migration

Adam & Eve

Lucy

Drag the characteristics to the correct box

science

no physical evidence

creation narrative

belief

physical evidence

religion

forbidden tree

evolution theory

facts

Hadar

age determined

age not 

established

According to the Out of Africa theory:

1. modern man migrated within Africa from south to north
2. mankind forms one human race
3. Europe populated Africa and Asia
4. only the northern species left the continent because of the Sahara Desert

Which statement about cave paintings is correct?

1. Cave paintings are written sources from prehistory
2. Cave paintings show that hunter-gathers lived in caves
3. Cave paintings are found by nomads
4. Cave paintings show scenes from prehistory

The scientists who studied Lucy's remains concluded that Lucy was in fact a human.
Which discovery led to this conclusion?

1. Lucy used tools to hunt
2. Lucy walked on two legs
3. Lucy wore primitive clothes
4. Lucy was able to spreak

Look at the source. Why are these paintings an
important source to understand what prehistoric
man thought?

Source 1: Cave paintings from Lascaux, France

1. Because in prehistory people did not write things down.
2. Because these paintings are the only remains scientists found from prehistory.
3. Because they teach us something about hunting techniques of the hunter-gatherers.
4. Because these paintings clearly show how advanced prehistoric man was.

Read the source.
What can you conclude from the source?

Source: Scientific research: Ötzis voice

Free translation of: Nu.nl, march 10th 2016

1. Ötzi spoke a language we still speak today
2. Soon we shall be able to hear an exact replica of Ötzi's voice.
3. Ötzi's voice isn't a reliable source for historians.
4. Ötzi's vocal chords can be used to make the mummy talk again.

Which of the following sources is an existing, primary source?

1. One of Ötzi's axes
2. An image of Ötzi found on the Exploring Time website
3. A letter written by Ötzi
4. A story about Ötzi told by your teacher

Farming started in the Middle East because:

1. the area was flooded by rivers every year
2. there were large rivers
3. the first farmers lived there
4. hunter-gatherers collected most of their food there

Look at the source.
Is this is a primary or a secondary source?
Explain your choice.

reconstruction of Ötzi

Read the source. Explain which cause is given for the
start of agriculture.

A. First write down the cause in your own words , less than 10 words! (1p)
B. Then use a quote from the source to illustrate your answer.
Write like this: In the source you can read: "........" The part between
the " " is called a quote. ( 2p)

The start of agriculture

Free translation of: Canon van Limburg

What is the main difference between an archeologist and an paleontologist?

How did Charles Darwin change the way we look at the development of species?
Use the term "evolution theory" in your answer.

What was the main reason for farmers to tame animals?

1. To use them for their own benefit
2. To protect them from predators
3. To study their behavior
4. To sell them for profit

What were farmers looking for when selecting animals for breeding?

1. Fast speed
2. Colorful fur
3. Useful characteristics
4. Large size

Where can we find the Funnel Beaker Culture?

1. above the rivers Maas and Rhine
2. in Greece
3. in Mesopotamia
4. in the Alps region

What was pottery used for?

1. Building houses
2. Storing grain and seeds
3. Transporting water
4. Cooking food

What is an example of new knowledge spread by farmers?

1. Pottery
2. Carpentry
3. Metalworking
4. Weaving

In which century were your parents born?

1. 19th century
2. 20th century
3. 21st century
4. 22nd century

In which century did Jesus Christ live (and die)?

1. 2nd century
2. 3rd century
3. 0th century
4. 1st century

Which of these statements is correct?

I. the Sumerians used hieroglyphs to record spells and stories.
II. The story of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest stories that was ever recorded.

1. only I is correct
2. only II is correct
3. both are correct
4. both are wrong

A source is primary or secondary.
But it is ALSO written or non-written.
Of each of the following sources choose the correct type.

click the green eye for more information

source A

Egyptian statue, made in 1150 BC

1. primary + written
2. primary + non-written
3. secondary + written
4. secondary + non-written

A source is primary or secondary.
But it is ALSO written or non-written.
Of each of the following sources choose the correct type.

click the green eye for more information

source B

A reconstruction drawing of a family cooking in the Neolithic period

© Historic England (drawing by Peter Urmston)

1. primary + written
2. primary + non-written
3. secondary + written
4. secondary + non-written

A source is primary or secondary.
But it is ALSO written or non-written.
Of each of the following sources choose the correct type.

click the green eye for more information

source E

De Bello Gallico = The Gallic War

English translation, 192 pages

author: Gaius Julius Caesar

1. primary + written
2. primary + non-written
3. secondary + written
4. secondary + non-written

A source is primary or secondary.
But it is ALSO written or non-written.
Of each of the following sources choose the correct type.

click the green eye for more information

source F

Julius Caesar (Command) Paperback – June 22, 2010

by Nic Fields (Author)

1. primary + written
2. primary + non-written
3. secondary + written
4. secondary + non-written

source A

Photo, made in 1887, of the construction of the Eifel Tower,  Paris

source B

Reconstruction drawing of Ruthin Castle from the south-west as it may have appeared in the late medieval period. 

source C

front page Algemeen Handelsblad, May 10th, 1940.

source D

Book about the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940. Author: John Pregner. Published in 1978.

Drag the images to the correct box. You can click the image to enlarge. The green hotspot gives extra information.

Primary + written

Primary + non-written

Secondary + written

Secondary + non-written

What is the best description of Prehistory?

1. the time of which we have no written records
2. All the time BC
3. the time from the dinosaurs until Lucy
4. the time in which people lived as hunter-gatherers

Why did hunter-gatherers have only few possessions?

1. because they did not have the skills to make more tools
2. because they did not need many possessions
3. because they had to carry everything when they travelled
4. because other groups would steal their possessions when they travelled

Look at the source.
Why did hunter-gatherers not have these objects?

pottery

1. Hunter-gatherers moved around a lot, so pottery would be too heavy to carry around.
2. Hunter-gatherers did not have fire yet, so they could not make pottery.
3. Gatherers needed pottery to store grain, while farmers did not have to store food.
4. Hunter-gatherers only used what they could find in nature and did not make anything.

Which of the following statements is true?

1. Mesopotamia is the Sumerian word for ‘land between two rivers.’
2. Mesopotamia is the Greek word for ‘land between two rivers.’
3. Mesopotamia is the Sumerian word for ‘powerful kingdom.’
4. Mesopotamia is the Greek word for ‘powerful kingdom.’

Study the timeline below closely. The center is the year 1 AD. Drag the dates to the correct centuries (box 1 - 7). Three dates remain.

ps: box 1 = 3rd century BC, box 7 = 4th century AD.

256 AD

317 BC

317

67 AD

289 BC

410 

44 BC 

183 BC

410 AD

192 AD

Open the text on the right.
The seven sentences (A-G) are in random order.

Choose the correct answer.

1. statement G is a cause of statement E
2. statement G is an effect of statement E

Open the text on the right.
The seven sentences (A-G) are in random order.

Choose the correct answer.

1. statement A is a cause of statement E
2. statement A is an effect of statement E

Open the text on the right.
The seven sentences (A-G) are in random order.

Choose the correct answer.

1. statement E is a cause of statement C
2. statement E is an effect of statement C

only in Sumer

only in Egypt

in both

Drag the texts to the correct boxes

pharaoh

highly developed civilisation

 ruled by a king

Euphrates and Tigris

every city had a king

arose around river(s)

Farmers

Hunter-Gatherers

moving from place to place

finding grain, fruit and vegetables

hunting animals and fishing

small groups

only few possessions that can be carried

Farming was a big change in the way prehistoric man lived. So what changed exactly?

Drag each change  to the correct place in the table.

large groups

pottery

domesticating animals

growing your own crops

living in one place

(= settling)

Which of the following does
NOT
belong to the five aspects of a civilisation?

language, writing, agriculture, law, art, religion

1. religion
2. writing
3. agriculture
4. art

The invention of writing ended prehistory.
Write down 4 examples of things that we will never know about prehistoric people because they did not have a writing system.

KEY WORDS

Which key word is defined here?
"someone who works for the government"
In your answer, write down the word only. Don't include "the" or "a"

KEY WORDS

Which key word is defined here?
"someone who writes as his job"
In your answer, write down the word only. Don't include "the" or "a"

KEY WORDS

Which key word is defined here?
"someone who makes products with his hands and tools"
In your answer, write down the word only. Don't include "the" or "a"

29

111 BC

1409 BC

30 BC

1507 BC

36 BC

29 BC

67

40

74

68

57

3rd

1st AD

1st BC

14th BC

15th BC

2nd BC

Look at the source.
Liam and Sasha are both working on a history project. Liam's project is about
Julius Caesar's army. Sasha's project is about 19th century painting.
Both students want to use this source. But they disagree on
whether it is a primary or secondary source. Liam says it's a secondary source
while Sasha says it's a primary source. Who is right? Explain your answer.

Painting titled: "Vercingetorix before Caesar", made by Lionel Royer in 1899. It depicts the surrender of the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix to Julius Caesar in 52 BC. Vercingetorix, on his horse, throws down his weapons at the feet of Julius Caesar (in a red cloak). 

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