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Prehistory and antiquity – practice for Years 6–7

Sample questions on Prehistory and antiquity with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
History
Year
Years 6–7
Curriculum area
The earliest civilisations

Question types: Put the events in order: Prehistory and antiquity

Rule: Prehistory and antiquity

Prehistory: the Old, Middle and New Stone Age, the Copper Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.

Antiquity: the first Olympic Games 776 BC, Rome founded 753 BC, the end of the Western Roman Empire AD 476.

Example: The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) was before the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC).

Watch out: Before Christ a bigger number is older: 776 BC came before 753 BC.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Put the events in order, from the oldest to the most recent.

    • A) The Edict of Milan allows Christianity
    • B) The Western Roman Empire comes to an end
    • C) Octavian is given the title Augustus and the Roman Empire begins
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. Octavian is given the title Augustus and the Roman Empire begins
    2. The Edict of Milan allows Christianity
    3. The Western Roman Empire comes to an end

    How it works: 1. Octavian is given the title Augustus and the Roman Empire begins (27 BC) 2. The Edict of Milan allows Christianity (AD 313) 3. The Western Roman Empire comes to an end (AD 476)

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Put the events in order, from the oldest to the most recent.

    • A) The Great Fire of Rome
    • B) The Roman Empire is divided into West and East
    • C) The Western Roman Empire comes to an end
    • D) Octavian is given the title Augustus and the Roman Empire begins
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. Octavian is given the title Augustus and the Roman Empire begins
    2. The Great Fire of Rome
    3. The Roman Empire is divided into West and East
    4. The Western Roman Empire comes to an end

    How it works: 1. Octavian is given the title Augustus and the Roman Empire begins (27 BC) 2. The Great Fire of Rome (AD 64) 3. The Roman Empire is divided into West and East (AD 395) 4. The Western Roman Empire comes to an end (AD 476)

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Put the events in order, from the oldest to the most recent.

    • A) The Edict of Milan allows Christianity
    • B) The Roman Empire is divided into West and East
    • C) The Great Fire of Rome
    • D) The Western Roman Empire comes to an end
    • E) Octavian is given the title Augustus and the Roman Empire begins
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. Octavian is given the title Augustus and the Roman Empire begins
    2. The Great Fire of Rome
    3. The Edict of Milan allows Christianity
    4. The Roman Empire is divided into West and East
    5. The Western Roman Empire comes to an end

    How it works: 1. Octavian is given the title Augustus and the Roman Empire begins (27 BC) 2. The Great Fire of Rome (AD 64) 3. The Edict of Milan allows Christianity (AD 313) 4. The Roman Empire is divided into West and East (AD 395) 5. The Western Roman Empire comes to an end (AD 476)

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