Vocab
Lascaux Caves
Evolution
BCE & CE
Random
100

What is Pre History?

The period of time before writing was invented.

100

True or False: the Lascaux Caves were discovered by three elderly ladies in the 1940’s

False. They were discovered by teenage boys in the 1940’s.
100
According to evolutionary theory, humans evolved from….

Apes 

100

What century is 1991?

20th century

100

How old is Mrs. Koltalo? 

67! 

Just kidding, I’m 34!

200

Migration is…

The movement of people or animals across the globe throughout time.
200

Name three kinds of animals that were painted inside the walls of the Lascaux caves?

Cattle, bulls, deer, a unicorn, horses, bison, birds

200

Having a trait that helps your survival and makes you the strongest/fittest in your habitat is called….

Survival of the fittest 

200

What does CE and BCE stand for?

Common Era and Before Common Era

200

Finish the song lyric…. 

I'm done hidin', now I'm shinin' like I'm born to be
We dreamin' hard, we came so far, now I'll believe…

We're goin' up, up, up, it's our moment
You know together we're glowing
Gonna be, gonna be golden


300

A nomad is…

Someone who travels from place to place in search of food.

300

Where is Lascaux?

In France. 

300

Why did brain size increase throughout human evolution?

Hominids could do more things! Cooking, language, farming, new skills, etc! 

300

Put these dates in chronological order as if you’re plotting them on a timeline: 

10000 BCE, 100 BCE, 1000 BCE

10000 BCE, 1000 BCE, 100 BCE

300

What is Mr. Neumann’s favourite beverage?

Dr. pepper! 

400

Archaeology is….

The study of humans through what they leave behind. 
400

Why did the Lascaux caves get shut down to the public who are no longer allowed to tour the cave?

They were getting damaged from the people breathing out carbon dioxide inside the cave. 

400

Jaw size decreased throughout history because…

Hominids were no longer eating raw food. Their jaws morphed from strong to smaller once they cooked food with fire and stopped forming square jaws from the previous rough-to-eat raw meat. 

400

Whose birth do we use to mark the start of common era?

The birth of Jesus Christ

400
What year did Mrs. Koltalo start teaching? 

2015

500

Digging remains and historical artifacts out of the ground is called…

Excavation/Excavating

500

True or False: The cave paintings showed the creation of fire within the walls.

False. The cave paintings showed the hunting practices of the early people.

500

What species of ape did the early peoples evolve from?

Australopithecus 

500

Controlled fire by humans began…

A) millions of years ago

B) hundreds of years ago

A) millions of years ago 

500

What is Koltalo’s first name?

Lara

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