 The
following questions are multiple
choice and each question is a key idea
from Chapter One.
 What
important discovery did four
teenagers make at Lascaux, France, in
1940?
A
wooden stick used for throwing a spear.
 The stone wall of an ancient storage shed.
 Clay sculptures of an army of soldiers.
 A cave filled with paintings of animals.
A cave filled with paintings of
animals.


Which of these activities would an
archaeologist most likely do?
 Read
old newspapers.
 Make maps.
 Examine objects.
 Study Earth’s features.
 Read old newspapers.
 Examine
objects.

People who study the past are most like
__________.
Detectives
 Artists
 Builders
 Teachers


Detectives

What is an object made or used by
people in the past?
A
document.
 A ritual.
 A theory.
 An artifact.
 An
artifact.
 Why
do historians read diaries and
letters from the past?
 To
learn to speak an ancient language.
 To find out what happened and why.
 To agree on plans for the future.
 To compare their ideas of history.

To find out what happened and why.

Which of these is a human-made feature
that a geographer might study?
A
volcano.
 A cave.
 A road.
 A spear.

A road.

A prehistoric object is one that comes from
a time that is _________________.
before history was written
 before electricity was discovered
 before people lived in cities
 before humans hunted animals


before history was written

What is the evidence that prehistoric
cave artists built wooden structures
(scaffolding) to stand on?
 Pictures
of the scaffolding have been
found.
 Many trees grew in the area.
 Some paintings are too high to be
reached from the floor.
 The ancient planks are still there.

Some paintings are too high to be
reached from the floor.

If ancient paintings were found in a cave,
which of these questions would be
hardest to answer?
 What
did people paint pictures of?
 Why did people paint in caves?
 How did people make the paint?
 What did people use for paint brushes?

Why did people paint in caves?
 Which
clue to the past has been found
near the artwork displayed in parts of
caves?
 Masks
in the shapes of birds.
 Maps of the land nearby.
 Lamps for burning animal fat.
 Prayer books for ceremonies.

Lamps for burning animal fat.

About how long ago were the objects
and art described in this chapter
created?
 About
2 to 3 million years ago.
 About 10,000 – 18,000 years ago.
 About 500-800 years ago.
 About 2,000 – 3,000 years ago.

About 10,000 – 18,000 years ago.

Why are ancient handprints found on
cave walls very small?
 The
cave ceilings were very low.
 The prints were made by children.
 The smallest members of the group
stayed home to paint.
 People long ago were not as big as
people today.

People long ago were not as big as
people today.

What does an ancient spear thrower
artifact, with it’s detailed carving,
indicate about the person who may have
used it?
 This
person was very strong.
 This person was a hunter.
 This person was a skilled painter.
 This person prayed to animals.

This person was a hunter.
 Which
question about the past does cave
art most help to answer?
 What
did geometric shapes mean?
 What language did the people speak?
 What did the people look like?
 What animals lived in the area?

What animals lived in the area?
 What
do scientists think may have been
the reason why ancient artists made paint
by grinding minerals and mixing powder
with fat or oil?
 To
make different colors of paint for their art.
 To find out which paint would last longest.
 To make the paint dry in different lengths of
time.
 To use the paint in ceremonies for hunting
different animals.

To make different colors of paint for their
art.
 Be
prepared to look at some cave
paintings and based on a description of
when and where it was found, make some
theories and educated guesses about the
people who made these cave paintings.