Prehistory

Match:

 Century B.C.
 Anno Domini A.D.
 Before Christ 100 years

Complete the sentences.

a) Prehistory ended when ______________ was invented.

b) The Middle Ages started in _______________________.
c) The Modern Age started in ____________________________.
d) The fall of the Roman Empire was the end ___________________________.

Match the sentnces.

 Prehistory started when Colombus discovered America.

 Ancient History ended when The first human appeared.
 The Modern Age started when The Roman Empire fell.
 The Early Modern Age The French Revolution.

Match the sentences.

1. Prehistory started when ____ Columbus discovered America.

2. Prehistory ended when ____ people invented writing.

3. Ancient History started when
4. In Spain, the Modern Age started
with
5. The Early Modern Age started with
the
6. The middle ages started when
____ people invented writing.
____ at the first human appeared.
____ the War of Idependence.
____ the Roman Empire finished.
Complete the table

PREHISTORY EARLY
MODERN AGE
started With the With the
invention of French
writing Revolution, in
Spain with
war
independence
ended When
Colombus
discovered
America

Write the century the the year belongs to.

 Year 876: ___________

 Year 900: ____________
 Year 1256: ____________
 Year 1492: _____________
 Year 2012: ______________

Match the sentences

a.
Prehistory started when ____ Colombus discovred America
b.
Prehistory ended when ____ people invented writing
c.
Ancient History started when ____ people invented writing
d.
In Spain, the Modern Age started ____ the first human appeared
with
e. The Early Modern Age started with ____ the War od Independence
The middle ages started when _____ the Roman Empire finished

Write the century the year belongs to.

Year 834: _________ Year 1346: ________

Year 1989: _______ Year 700: _______

Year 2010: _______ Year 36: ________

Write a year belonging to the centuries. Write he number and then spell it.

a. Century 15th: _______________

b. Century 5th: ________________
c. Century 2nd: ________________
d. Century 19th: ________________
e. Century 11th: ________________
f. Century 1st: __________________
 11. Put this years in chronological order. Then write which century and perios of history
they belong.

2015 A.D. 4050 B.C. 1985 A.D. 507 A.D. 21 B.C. 1808 A.D. 1528 A.D.

YEAR CENTURY Period of history

4050 B.C.
1985 A.D.
2015 A.D.
507 A.D.
21 B.C.
1808 A.D.
1528 A.D.

10.000 paleolithic caves fished

hunted 3 nomadic fire
tools 5 million hunt

Prehistory is divided into ______ periods.The oldest and longest period is the
________________ Period. It started __ __________________ years ago and ended about
________________ years ago.

 Paleolithic people were _________________. This mean they didn´t live permanently
in one place.
 Paleolithic people ___________________ and _______________ to get food. They
also collected and ate fruit and plants.
 During this period people discovered how to make _________________.
 Paleolithic people lived in ___________________ or ________________ made of tree
branches and animal skins.
 Paleolithic people made ______________ from Stone Wood and animal bones. For
example they made Spears for hunting

Read the definition and write the Word from the box

Huts Nomadic Hunting tools

a. These people didn´t live permanently in one place. ______________

b. Killing animals for food or other reasons. ___________
c. These were made of tree branches and animal skins. _____________
d. They were made from stones and animal bones. ____________
 Archeologists Sierra de Atapuerca Altamira

_________________________ are people who look for objects and building from the past.
There are many cave painting in the ___________ cave in Cantabria. They have found human
bones that are more tan 300.000 years old in _____________ de _________________ in
Burgos.

7000 agriculture cultivate animals exchange seed crops

artisans sedentary 10.000 farmers trade village

The NEOLITHIC Period started about ___________ years ago and ended ________ years ago .
This people discovered how to ____________ plants from__________. They was begining of
___________________.
 Neolithic people cultivated ____________ and raises__________. They didn´t to move
around to look for food.
 People became ____________________________. They stopped moving around. They
lived in huts in _________________.
 Some people were _______________ other were ____________.
 People start to____________ the products they made and the crops they cultivated.
This was the begining of ______________.

 Neolithic people made ______________ pots from clay. They also made
_______________ and _______________ stone. They used polished stone to make
tools and to grind cereals into flour.

iron traders 7000 jewllery bronze weapons 5000

melted weapons trade wheel metalworkers copper

The BRONZE and IRON Ages started about ___________ years ago and ended about
_________ years ago. In this period people discovered how to make objects from
_____________. First they used ___________, then ____________and then____________.

 Bronze and iron age people ______________ metal to make different shapes. They
made tools, __________________ and _____________from metal.
 People continued to live in villages. There were _________________ to defend the
village.
 They invented the _____________. Because of this, people could transport food and
products more easily. There was more_______________ than before.
 There were more Jobs that people could do. People could be farmer and artisans like
before. They could also be ______________________, soldiers and ______________.

CELTS and IBERIANS

During this period , the ______________ and _______________lived in the Iberian península.
The __________ lived in the north and centre of península. The __________________ lived in
the south and the east. The Celts and Iberians made sculpture from stone and large stone
monuments called _____________________.
 Bulls of Guisando Pedra Gentil Lady of Elche

The ________________ of ______________ are in Avila, the ________________ of

____________ is in Madrid and ________________ ______________ megalith is in
Vallgorguina, Barcelona.

The underlined words are in the wrong sentences. Write the correct word:

a. Paleolithic people could cook food with paintings. ______________

b. They hunted and went caves to get food. ________________
c. The bones in caves show animals and people. _______________
d. Archeologists have found human fishing. __________________

Read and circle the correct word.

a. The oldest/ youngest period in Prehistory is Paleolithic Period.

b. Paleolithic people callected and ate fruit and trees/ plants.
c. People wore clothes made from animal skins/ bones.
d. Paleolithic people made tolos from plants/ stones and animal bones.
e. They made cave paintings/ sentences on the Wall.

Put these words in the correct order.

a. Periods divided Prehisiry into is three periods

_______________________________________________
b. Live Paleolithic people permanently place didn´t one in.
________________________________________________
c. Get hunted fishe Paleolithic and people food to.
_________________________________________________
d. Clothes woreof people Paleolithic skins animal.
_________________________________________________

Correct the sentences.

a. The Neolothic period started about 20 000 years ago. _____________

b. Neolithic people ciltivated grass and rised people. ________________________
c. They lived in houses in towns. _______________
d. Some people were shop assistants and others were farmers. __________________
e. People started to buy and sell products. ____________

Finish these sentences.

a. The Neolithic period started about 10 000 years ago and ended ________________
b. Neolithic people discovered how to cultivated crops and raised animals. They didn´t
need ____________________________________________
 c. People started to Exchange products. This was the begning of ___________________.

Write the word defined:

a. People built these to defend their villages. ____________________

b. After this was invented , people could transportthings more easly. ________________
c. This is the name for people who make things with metal. ____________________
d. This was the first metal people used to make objects. __________________