This man started the classification system for categorizing artifacts based on bronze, silver, and iron.
Who is Christian J. Thompson?
100
This is a common name for the Neolithic Era.
What is the New Stone Age?
100
These people began the first writing system.
Who are the Mesopotamians (Sumerians)?
100
Mr. Ulley says you should always read with this object in your hand.
What is a pencil?
200
From today, this is the amount of years we would have to travel back in order to be in the Paleolithic Era.
What is 10,000-30,000 years ago?
200
The Leakey Family helped to support this idea that man developed from humanoid and ape-like species.
What is the theory of evolution?
200
This is the movement from hunter/gatherer to agrarian society.
What is the Neolithic Revolution?
200
Cuneiform means "this triangular shape" writing.
What is wedge-shaped?
200
When doing a close reading, circling a word means this.
What is a powerful statement?
300
This was a common practice for eating, making clothing, and acquiring vegetation during the Paleolithic Era.
What is hunting and gathering?
300
The name for the things archaeologist find and catalog.
What are artifacts?
300
These became crucial for moving water and keeping crops alive during times of draught and little water.
What are irrigation systems?
300
This tool was used to write in the clay when writing in Cuneiform.
What is a stylus?
300
This law was a direct result of the events on September 11, 2001 and was a way for the government to combat terrorism.
What is the Patriot Act?
400
When this would run out, the Paleolithic man would go search for more.
What is food?
400
This theory states that humans moved out of Africa in order to inhabit the rest of the world and is supported by the discoveries of the Leakey Family.
What is the Theory of Migration?
400
Catal Huyuk was one of the first permanent "cities" to develop during the Neolithic Era. It is located in this modern country.
What is Turkey?
400
Students spent this many years in school to learn the numerous symbols of Cuneiform.
What is 12 years?
400
.org, .edu, and .gov are great websites to use when doing this. Better check your sources...
What is research?
500
30-50 people were the average number that lived in these.
What are bands?
500
This woman discovered the first Proconsul skull fossil in Africa.
Who is Mary Leakey?
500
Who were most likely the first farmers because they were accustomed to gathering the vegetation and were therefore able to see that plants grew from seeds.
Who are women?
500
The clay tablets were set out in this to dry and make the writing permanent.
What is the sun?
500
When doing close reading,we use this to annotate a word a phrase or word that we are unfamiliar with.