Level 6 History - Block 2
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- Name a small settlement which archaeologists existed at the same time as Catal Huyuk.
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Umm Dabaghiyah
(OOM dah bah Gee ah) - Which category of human ancestors came before Homo sapiens?
- Neanderthal
- What term do we use for all living and non-living things that make up our surroundings?
- environment
- What do we call a person who studies the fossils of human ancestors?
- paleonanthropologist
- During what era did people begin settling in communities?
- Neolithic
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What name have scientists given to the third oldest group of human ancestors?
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Homo heidelbergensis
- Nmae an archaeological site located in the Jordan River valley.
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Ain Mallaha
(YN MAHL ah hah) - By what name do scientists refer to to the second oldest class of ancestors?
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Homo erectus
- What do we call those who are not dependent upon others for their survival?
- self-sufficient
- Who discovered the oldest complete skeleton of an early ancestor?
- Don Johanson
- Early humans once camped on this spot where the modern city of Nice, France now stands.
- Terra Amata
- What does "Homo habilis" translate into?
- handy human
- What is a name for sacred places where people worship?
- shrines
- What is the name of the group that modern humans belong to?
- Homo sapiens
- What do we call the knowledge that people use to fashion tools.
- technology
- What were the first modern humans in Europe called?
- Cro-Magnons
- What is the name of the largest Neolithic town discovered in the Middle East?
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Catal Huyuk
(chah TUHL hoo YUHK) -
Toolmaking began with the Homo habilis during what era or time span?
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Paleolithic Age
(Ice Age) - What name was given to a crescent shaped strip of land with rich soil?
- Fertile Crescent
- What name was given to the oldest complete skeleton discovered by Don Johanson and his team?
- Lucy
- What is another name for farming?
- agriculture
- What husband-and-wife team discovered artifacts along with fossil bones in 1961? They also named the group of ancestors "Homo habilis."
- Louis and Mary Leakey
- Name a French cave in which Paleolithic paintings were discovered.The French government closed this cave in 1963 because visitors' breath was destroying the paintings.
- Lascaux
- Another term for the oldest group of human ancestors besides homo habilis is what?
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australopithecines
(aw stray loe pith uh synz) - What land structures were exposed when the level of the ocean dropped during the Ice Age?
- land bridges
- By what name do scientists refer to our earlierst ancestors?
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Homo habilis
- What do we call the time period in which glaciers advanced and retreated across the surface of the earth?
- Ice Age
- What is a large group to which a species belongs called?
- genus
- What is the name of a bowl-like object used in grinding grains?
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quern
(kwern) - A small loosely organized group of 20 - 30 individuals is called what?
- a band
- What are huge sheets of ice and snow which cover large areas of the earth called?
- glaciers
- What do we call a scientist who studies the earth?
- geologist
- Ancestors who hunted wild animals and gathered wild plants are known as what?
- hunter-gatherers
- What do we call a scientist who studies the structure of humans?
- anatomist