Stone Age
Why did we call the Stone Age the Stone Age?
They made most of their tools out of stone.
Why do we call the Bronze Age the Bronze Age?
People discovered how to make bronze and started making tools out of it.
In what country or countries did the Mayans live?
Mexico and Central America (Honderos, Belize)
What did the Egyptians call their king?
Pharoah
Of what were the first tools made?
Stone
In what era of the Stone Age was the Ice Age?
Paleolithic
What country built a great empire and made many advancements during the Bronze Age?
Egyptians
Cocoa beans were so valuable that the Mayan's used it for:
A. clothing
B. perfume
C. money
C. Money
On what continent was the Egyptian Empire located?
A. Asia
B. Europe
C. Africa
C. Africa
When does pre-history become history?
A. At the point when fire was discovered
B. At the point when history starts to be written down
C. When people migrate over the land bridge
B. At the point when history starts to be written down.
Name the three eras of the Stone Age
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Why were the people no longer nomadic during the Bronze Age?
They had become good at farming and were able to grow their own crops and raise their own animals. They no longer had to chase their food.
What did the Mayans learn to crush up, add to spices and make a special drink out of to serve to their kings?
Cocoa beans
To bury their dead.
What is the word for people who move from place to place a lot?
Nomad
The wheel
What 2 metals did people discover and were able to mix together to make bronze?
copper and tin
What were the Mayans able to create due to their observation of the planets and stars?
Calendar
Why is Stone Hedge considered to be one of the wonders of the world?
A. It's in Europe
B. It was built of huge, heavy stone at a time when their weren't fancy tools.
C. It's in the shape of a circle
B. It was built of huge, heavy stone at a time when their weren't fancy tools.
Name 3 things people used animals for during the stone age.
Clothes
Shelter
Tools
How did the people leave messages for other people before the development of hieroglyphics?
Cave drawings
what is the name of the first writing system that the Egyptians developed. It used picture symbols instead of letters.
hieroglyphics
How many symbols were in the Mayan hieroglypshs?
Over 800
Why were the pyramids important to the Egyptians?
That's where their dead are burried.
What is the word that means going to live from one place to going to live in another place.
A. hieroglyphics
B. Pharoah
C. Migration
C. Migration