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Periods of history – practice for Years 4–5

Sample questions on Periods of history 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
Social studies
Year
Years 4–5
Curriculum area
People and time

Question types: Put in time order

Rule: Periods of history

The periods in order: prehistory, ancient times, the Middle Ages, the modern era, the present day.

Prehistory ended when writing was invented. The Middle Ages lasted roughly from 476 to 1492.

Units of time: day, week, month, year, decade (10 years), century (100 years), millennium (1000 years).

Example: Fire (prehistory), writing (ancient times), printed books (about 1450), the steam engine (18th century), the Moon (1969).

Watch out: Ancient times are not prehistory: in ancient times people could already write.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Put the periods of history in order, starting with the oldest.

    • A) the present day
    • B) the Middle Ages
    • C) ancient times
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. ancient times
    2. the Middle Ages
    3. the present day

    How it works: 1. ancient times 2. the Middle Ages 3. the present day

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Put the periods of history in order, starting with the oldest.

    • A) the present day
    • B) ancient times
    • C) the Middle Ages
    • D) prehistory
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. prehistory
    2. ancient times
    3. the Middle Ages
    4. the present day

    How it works: 1. prehistory 2. ancient times 3. the Middle Ages 4. the present day

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Put the periods of history in order, starting with the oldest.

    • A) the present day
    • B) ancient times
    • C) the Middle Ages
    • D) the modern era
    • E) prehistory
    Show the solution
    Answer:
    1. prehistory
    2. ancient times
    3. the Middle Ages
    4. the modern era
    5. the present day

    How it works: 1. prehistory 2. ancient times 3. the Middle Ages 4. the modern era 5. the present day

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