ANCIENT EUROPEAN HISTORY QUIZ

QUESTIONS

  1. How old is the geologic record of Europe?
  2. What is the range of age of the Precambrian rocks in Europe?
  3. Which rocks succeeded the Precambrian rocks?
  4. What is the range of age of Paleozoic era?
  5. Which rocks succeeded the Paleozoic era rocks?
  6. What is the range of age of Mesozoic era rocks?
  7. Which rocks succeeded the Mesozoic era rocks?
  8. What is the range of age of Cenozoic era rocks?
  9. When did the present shape of Europe emerge?
  10. What does the term "Precambrian" indicate?
  11. What does the term "Paleozoic" indicate?
  12. What does the term "Mesozoic" indicate?
  13. What does the term "Cenozoic" indicate?
  14. Where is the largest area of oldest rocks in Europe?
  15. Where do the youngest rocks occur in Europe?
  16. When did the anatomically modern human appear in Europe?
  17. When did the last major Pleistocene glaciation in Europe end? 
  18. What does the term Upper Paleolithic indicate?
  19. What is the geologic name of the period of human activity after 8300 B.C.?
  20. How old are the earliest evidences of human activity in Europe?
  21. What is the location of the earliest evidence of human activity in Europe?
  22. By which period most of the Europe had been the seat of human settlements?

ANSWERS

  1. 3 billion years
  2. 3.8 billion  to 540 million years
  3. Rocks of the Paleozoic era
  4. From 540 million to 245 million years
  5. Mesozoic era rocks
  6. From 245 million to 66.4 million years
  7. Cenozoic era rocks
  8. From 66.4 million years to today.
  9. In the late Tertiary Period - about 5 million years ago
  10. Earliest geologic period - 4.65 billion years to 700 million years ago
  11. The era of geologic time, about 570 to 248 million years ago. During this era fish, insects, amphibians,  reptiles and land plants first appeared.
  12. The era of geologic time, about 248 to 65 million years ago. During this era dinosaurs, birds, and flowering plants first appeared.>
  13. The most recent era of geologic time, beginning 65 million years ago. During this era modern plants and animals evolved.
  14. The Baltic Shield
  15. In the Alpine system
  16. About 35000 B.C.
  17. About 8300 B.C.
  18. The period of human activity from 35000 to 8300 B.C.
  19. Paleolithic Period or Old Stone Age
  20. Dating back to around 730,000 B.C.
  21. Isernia la Pineta, in Southern in Southern Italy, where stone tools and animal bones were found
  22. By around 375000 B.C. 
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