Social Scientists
Artifacts
Cave Art
Cave Art (part 2)
Fun Facts
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An expert who studies and records the past

What is a historian

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This artifact was used to brighten a dark cave

What is a torch

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One of the first cave paintings was found here by teenagers

What is Lascaux, France

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What did researchers discover when they tried singing in a painted cave in France?

What is sound was loudest in the painted room so the areas were used for special gatherings. 

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Artifacts and cave drawings in this chapter range from 10,000 to _______________ years old
What is 18,000
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An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people have left behind
What is an archaeologist
100
This was used for fuel in lamps
What is animal fat
100
Most cave paintings depict these
What are animals
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Social scientists believe that seeing this object was a way for artists to sign their painting

What is a hand print

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How did painters use uneven cave walls?

What is as part of their art composition

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An expert who studies and creates maps of Earth's natural and human-made features

What is a geographer

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this artifact was made from reindeer antler bone and was used to hunt animals
What is spear thrower
100

Social scientists believe that many cave paintings were used during these ceremonies

What are rituals

100

How were artists able to make white to use as a color in their paintings? 

What is scrape the top layer of cave wall rock 

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Footprints of young people near a sculpture suggests that...

What is the sculpture was used in a coming-of-age ceremony 

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This person studies features such as towns, roads, bridges and dams
What is a geographer
100

this artifact was used for grinding minerals to make paint

What is sharp stones

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These were rarely seen in cave paintings
What are pictures of humans
100
Social scientists speculate that cave artists drew animals because they were trying to capture this kind of power
What is magical
100
Cave artists probably mixed powder with this material to create various colors
What is animal fat or vegetable oil
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Historians tend to study the last few thousand years when...

What is people started leaving written records 

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Sculptures were made from this gold-colored material

What is clay

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What do social scientists think is the significance of geometric shapes?

What is geometric shapes had special meanings in rituals

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Cave artists may have drawn pictures of animals to depict something that actually happened or to ask for this
What is a successful hunt
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This object may have been used during painting to create different textures, like shaggy winter coats on horses
What are hollow bird bones
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