Dinosaurs + Stone Age
What is the Jurassic Era?
This period lasted from 201 to 145 million years ago.
What is the Nile?
This river gave water, food, and soil to Egypt.
What was a castle built for?
To protect people from enemies
Who discovered America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
In 2126, what will protect space passengers from comets?
A) A metal umbrella
B) A space shield
C) A giant magnet
B) A space shield
What is Brachiosaurus (or Apatosaurus)?
This dinosaur had a long neck and ate plants.
What is a temple?
A place where Egyptians prayed to gods.
Most people in medieval times worked as these on farms.
Peasants
How many ships did Columbus use on his first voyage? And what were their names?
He used 3 ships. They were Niña, Pinta, Santa Maria
You cannot see me because I am too small. I clean your floor. What am I?
It's a nanobot
What is a fossil?
A stone that shows the shape of a bone or a footprint.
Where did egyptians plant wheat and vegetables?
Two things Egyptians grew near the Nile.
Peasants were poor but free. What were the poor people who were NOT free called?
Slaves were the lowest class in medieval society and they weren't free.
What is the "Old World" and what is the "New World"?
Old World: Europe, Asia, Africa. New World: America
is it true or false?
In 2126, students will never go to school. They will only study at home.
It's false
What did people do with bisons, horses, or deer in the Stone Age?
They painted these animals on cave walls.
Who is Anubis?
This god had a head of a jackal and protected the dead.
What is the difference between a knight and a peasant? (Give two differences)
A knight had armor and a horse, fought in battles, lived in a castle. A peasant worked on a farm, had no armor, lived in a small hut, and was poor.
Name two things that went from the New World to the Old World and two things that went from the Old World to the New World.
New World → Old World: potato, tomato, corn, chocolate, tobacco. Old World → New World: horse, cow, wheat, sugar, rice (any two each)
In the future, humans and computers will be part of a huge radio __________. They will send messages without wires.
In the future, humans and computers will be part of a huge radio network.
Correct the sentence
Stone Age people lived in caves, used stone tools, and rode horses to hunt
People didn't ride horse to hunt in the Stone Age. Horses were not yet domesticated in the Stone Age. People started riding horses much later.
Name three things that Egyptians invented or used.
Papyrus (paper), hieroglyphs (writing), the 365-day calendar, make-up
What was always in every room of a medieval castle and why was it so important?
There always was fire. It was important for warmth, for cooking, and for light. Castles were made of stone and were very cold in winter.
Why is America not called Columbia if Columbus discovered it?
Because the mapmakers named it after Amerigo Vespucci. He understood that it was a new continent. Columbus died thinking it was Asia.
I am a classroom, but I have no walls. I have a teacher, but she lives far away. I have friends, but they sit in their own houses. You see me through special glasses. What am I?
Virtual reality classroom