SOCIAL SCIENCE TEST NAME: _______________

1. Order the periods of History. Then, match the periods of history to the events that marked the beginning of them on the Iberian Peninsula.The first one is already done as an example.

__ Ancient History __ a. the invention of writing

__ The Modern Age __ b. the Fall of the Western Roman Empire

_1_ Prehistory _d_ c. the Spanish War of Independence

__ The Early Modern Age __ d. the appearance of the first humans

__ The Middle Ages __ e. Columbus’ arrival in America

2. Write weather these pictures belong to the Palaeolithic, Neolithic or Metal Ages:A) _______________

B) _____________________

PERIODS OF HISTORY

C) ___________________

3. Complete the sentences text:In the Palaeolithic, people travelled from one place to another looking for food so they were ________________. They discovered the _________ to keep warm and cook. They painted and lived in __________. The Neolithic started when they began to _____________ crops and animals. They became ______________ which means they settled in one place. In this period the most important invention was the ____________. They ______________ the tools and weapons to make them more smooth and shiny. In the Metal Ages they used _____________ to make tools. The

people who made the tools and weapons were called _______________ and the most important job was ______________.

4. Look at the pictures and answer the questions:

What is the name of this cave?_____________________________________

Where is it? ________________________________

Where are the oldest human rests found in Spain? __________________________________________

5.Classify the characteristics of Celts and Iberians. Then, answer the qwestions:

arrived during the from the North of Europe traded with other cultures settled along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea lived in castros lived in the centre and north of the Iberian Peninsula had a writing system

CELTS IBERIANS

What sculptures did the Celts produce? What sculptures did the Iberians produce? Do these sculptures already exist in the Iberian Peninsula

nowadays?