Vocabulary
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Miscellaneous
Geography
100

 the period before written records

Prehistory

100

The year a girl discovered a cave full of cave art in Altamira, Spain

1879

100

The title of this sculpture in the round of a woman

Venus of Willendorf

100

Most cave art is found in the countries of... 

France and Spain

200

fully modern humans, like us, who were named after the French site where their bones were first discovered.

Cro Magnons

200

The period identified as "Paleolithic" 

 40,000 BCE to approximately 6500 BCE

200

What materials did cavemen use to create art? 

Bone, ivory, and stone. 

200

France is a country in the continent of...

Europe

300

an extinct species of ancient human that lived approximately 30,000 to 120,000 years ago.

Neanderthal

300

The approximate year Cro Magnons appeared and began making art

35000 BCE

300

The first modern humans constructed houses out of...

branches, hides, and even mammoth bones

300

Cro Magnons are named for their discovery at a site in...

France

400

a type of sculpture in which the figures are presented in complete three-dimensional form and are not attached to a flat background.

Sculpture in the round

400

The years when Neanderthals lived

approximately 30,000 to 120,000 years ago.  

400

artists painted images of animals and geometric figures with the aid of...

animal-fat lamps

400

This cave is located in... 

Lascaux, France

500

any work in which the details of a work project from a supporting background.

Relief sculpture

500

The date range for Paleolithic Art

45000 BCE to 6500 BCE

500

The first artists took advantage of the ----- to create lifelike effects for their figures



natural irregularities of cave walls 

500

Altamira is located in...

Northern Spain 

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