Vocabulary
Map Skills
Early Humans
Caves
Social Scientists
100
a man made object: clothing, tools, weapons or coins
What is an artifact?
100
the continent where the first human remains were found
What is Africa?
100
Great Rift Valley
What is the place where the first fossils of humans were found?
100
detectives
What are social scientist?
100
Where did people live? How did they use their environment to survive?
What are questions a geographer would ask to learn about early humans?
200
a relative who lived a long time ago
What is an ancestor?
200
major river that flows NORTH to the Mediterranean Sea
What is the Nile River?
200
two rivers located in the Fertile Crescent
Tigris and Euphrates
200
moss, fur, or human hair, and hollow bones
What are items early humans might have used to paint pictures on the walls of cave.
200
record keepers of the past; studies written records
Who are historians?
300
An expert who studies the past by examining objects that people left behind
Who is an archaeologists?
300
continent that lies to the northeast of Africa?
What is Asia?
300
One of the two crops early humans were able to grow that led them to settle in Africa
What is wheat? (OR) What is barley?
300
Lascaux, France
What is a place where drawings were found deep inside a cave?
300
What happened in the past?
What is a question a historian will ask?
400
an expert who studies and records the past
Who is a historian?
400
ocean to the west of Africa
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
400
early humans settled here because of the excellent soil and sources of water
What is the Fertile Crescent?
400
scaffolding
What are planks raised above the floor to reach higher places?
400
prehistoric
What is a time when there was not any written record?
500
studies the natural features of earth - water, landforms, plants and animals; also studies human features (towns, roads, bridges and dams)
Who is a geographer?
500
a desert that lies in northern Africa
What is the Sahara?
500
Found in a cave thought to belong to a clan or used an important ceremony.
What are two clay bison sculptures found in France?
500
rope, lamps for burning animal fat, and tools
What are artifacts found in caves?
500
a problem social scientists studying prehistoric times face
What is a lack of evidence or artifacts?
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