Vocabulary
The Stone Age
The Past
The Story of the Earth
100
What is culture?
The way of life of a group of people
100
The first people lived during what time period?
The stone age
100
These people are scientists who study artifacts to help us learn about the past.
Archeologists
100
What were the first living things on earth?
Plants
200
What are customs?
traditions and beliefs
200
The early people were nomads, what is nomad?
Someone who moves around from place to place
200
The term prehistoric means....
a time before people could write
200
Who were the large reptiles that roamed the earth for 70 million years?
The dinosaurs
300
During this time period the earth was covered in ice
The ice age
300
People who gather gather foods such as wild fruits, berries and nuts were knows as....
Hunters and Gatherers
300
What are artifacts?
Remains of things that were made
300
After the dinosaurs, how lived on the earth?
animals
400
What is a glacier
a large sheet of ice that covers the land
400
These early people made weapons and tools out of this...
Stone
400
What are fossils
The remains of living things
400
True or False Humans only started living on the earth about a 1,000 years ago.
False Humans first appeared on Earth about 1 million years ago
500
What is civilization?
A culture that has developed systems of government, religion and learning
500
How did people live during the Stone Age
They lived like animals
500
One technological advancement the people of the stone age people made are
They learned how to start a fire made weapons out of stone learned to make bronze
500
True or False The first humans were very civilized.
False The first humans lived like animals