What is it mean
Vocabulary
Prehistory 1
Prehistory 2
Prehistory 3
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What does chronology (chronological order) mean?
Chronology means putting events in the correct time order.
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Give an example of 4 events in your life in chronological order.
Example: birth - went to daycare - started school - started school at OIS - Halloween dance
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What is prehistory?
Prehistory is the time period in history before people could write.
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What is a century? How do you know what century it is?
A century is 100 years. Centuries are counted like this: 1-99 AD is the 1st century AD, 100-199 is the 2nd century.
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In what part of the world did the first farmers live?
in the Middle East in Mesopotamia.
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What does empathy mean?
Empathy means understanding how other people feel; putting yourself in someone else's shoes.
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What is an anachronism? Give one example
An anachronism is something in the wrong period of time in history. For example, a wrist watch in Prehistoric Times.
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Name 3 stone tools made by hunter-gatherers. Explain what each was used for.
Arrowheads were used to kill small and medium sized animals by shooting them with a bow. Spearheads were used to kill larger animals by throwing them or stabbing an animal. Scrapers were used to take the meat off animal skins, so the skin could be used to make clothes or other things.
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When did Prehistory end?
Prehistory ended at different times throughout the world. It ended when a civilization began to use writing.
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What were the causes for hunter-gatherers to become farmers?
Some causes for hunter-gatherers to become farmers were that the climate became drier and there was less wild food to gather.
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What does significance mean?
Significance means someone/something is important to history.
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What does an archaeologist do?
An archaeologist is a scientist who studies things from the past and explains what happened in the past.
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What does domesticate mean? Name 3 animals that were domesticated by farmers.
Domesticate means to make an animal tame or calm, so that it can be kept on a farm or in a house. The animals that were domesticated by farmers include the: cow, pig, ox, chicken, sheep, deer, lama and turkey.
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What century is 981AD, 1245BC, 2013AD
10th century AD, 13th century BC and 21st century AD
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Where did hunter-gatherers put dead people? Where did farmers put dead people?
Hunter-gatherers put the dead in caves and farmers buried the dead in the ground.
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What are sources?
Sources are things from the past that tell us about the past and about what happened.
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Name the three kinds of sources.
oral source, written source, artifact
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How did hunter-gathers live? List 3 characteristics.
Hunter Gatherers lived in small groups that moved from place to place collecting berries, nuts and plants and hunting animals. They did not have many processions, they used tools and weapons they made, they did not have permanent houses and they followed the migration patterns of animals.
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How is Prehistory divided? Name the time periods.
Prehistory is divided into 3 periods, or ages, by how people made tools and weapons. First was the Stone Age, when the tools were made from stone, followed by the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.
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What are grave goods? Name 2 possible grave goods for prehistoric people.
Grave goods are objects buried with the dead. Some grave goods that were buried with prehistoric people include: tools, weapons, food, a pillow, a swan's wing and a necklace.
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What is the definition of interpretation?
An interpretation is a version of history that you test and explain using evidence (sources).
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Explain the difference between significant and famous. Give an example of each.
People and/or events that are important in history are significant. People and/or events that are known by many people are famous. For example, King Richard was significant, David Beckham is famous.
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Name 3 ways farmers lived differently from hunter-gatherers.
Farmers, unlike hunter-gatherers, lived in one place in houses. They planted crops and domesticated wild animals, which they ate. They had more possessions.
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Name the characteristics of a prehistoric town.
A prehistoric town had 8 characteristics: a wall around the town, specialized jobs, religious buildings, social organization, a cemetery, more than 1,000 people, traded with other towns and paved streets.
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Where in the world were people living like hunter-gatherers until the late 19th century? Name 2 ways that they were like hunter-gatherers.
People were living like hunter-gatherers in Australia until the 19th century. The Australian Aborigines had no domesticated animals, no permanent houses, no written language and used tools from wood / stone.
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