HISTORY GRADE 3 END OF YEAR

NAME: _____________________ DATE:________

(Answer all questions)
1. The Stone Age is divided into three periods,
name them;
a) ____________________________
b) ____________________________
c) ____________________________
2. The people who move from one place to
another in search of food and water are called?
___________
3. Write 3 foods that were available to people in
the Stone Age?
_________________ ________________
_________________
4. Metal age was divided into ____________ and
______________
5. The Bronze Age ended when people began to
use? __________________
6. What type of jobs existed during the Bronze
Age?
______________________________
_____________________________
7. In early civilizations more people began to live in
larger ______________called towns and cities. The
civilizations were based near _____________. The
soil near rivers was very ______________. Farmers
could grow lots of _________________.
(Food, rivers, settlement, fertile.)
8. Why were the two rivers important to people of
Sumer?
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9. The Sumerians invented ________________ that
helped them prepare more land for crops.
10. The ancient Egyptians made an early form of
paper from:
a) sheep skin
b) fibres from the papyrus plant
c) wood pulp
11. Moveable type is a kind of printing that uses
characters on:
a) a carved wooden block
b) soft rubber stamps
c) separate block that can be moved and rearranged
12. Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing
press in about:
a) 1340
b) 1440
c) 1540
13. Paper was invented in:
a) Taiwan
b) Germany
c) China
14. The world’s first postage stamp was called
a) penny black
b) the penny blue
c) the penny royal
15. Sending Morse code signals down a wire is
called:
a telephony
b telegraphy
c television
16. what is the name of the drawing in the picture
and name one use.
 ROMANS IN BRITAIN
1. Write down two differences that there were
between Rome and Britain. (2mks)
a)
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b)
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2. Why do you think the Romans won the battles
against the tribes? Write two reasons. (2mks)
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3. Why was it a mistake for Verica to ask Rome for
help? (2mks)
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4. Why did Claudius invade Britain? (2mks)
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5. Name three jobs you could do as a Roman army?
(3mks)
______________________________
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_______________________________
6. Which road do you think is a Roman road? Why?
(2mks)
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7. Give two ways that roman roads were different
from the roads we make today. (2mks)
1.
__________________________________________
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2.
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8. Are these sentences true or false? (5mks)

sentence true false

Caesar’s ships were very big and heavy
Oppida were very small settlements
Calleva Atrebatum is now called
Colchester
Claudius was never ill
The Romans sometimes used slaves to
help build the roads.