Archaeology
Timelines
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Miscellaneous
100

Someone who studies human past through material remains

What is an archaeologist?

100

Timelines are divided into these two time periods.

What is CE and BCE?

100

The earliest humans.

What is a hominid?

100
Describe the Neolithic Revolution.
What is a change from nomadic hunter gatherer society to settled agricultural communities.
100

A major change in the way people live.

What is a revolution?

200

An object made by a human being.

What is an artifact.

200

The oldest date on the timeline is found furthest in this direction.

What is furthest to the left?

200

The name of the earliest human ever discovered.

Who is Lucy?

200
Another word for farming.
What is agriculture.
200
The time before written record.

What is prehistory?

300

Three examples of artifacts

What is ____, _____, and ____?

300

The most recent date on a timeline is found furthest in this direction.

What is furthest to the right?

300

Someone who moves from place to place.

What is a nomad.

300

This word describes people staying in one place.

What is sedentary?

300

These are the three parts of a strong CER response.

What are claim, evidence, and reasoning?
400

This is how archaeologists use artifacts to learn about the past. 

What is by asking questions, making observations, and making inferences?


400

To find the number of years between dates in the SAME time period you must use this math operation (CE & CE OR BCE & BCE).

What is subtract?

400

The reason hominids used stone tools.

What is for hunting and gathering?
400
Many people claim that the Neolithic Revolution was a ______ point in world history.
What is a turning point in world history.
400

This is the difference between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic era.

What is hunting during the Paleolithic and farming during the Neolithic?

500

This is a non-example of an artifact.

What is a _____?

500

To find the number of years between dates in DIFFERENT time periods you must use this math operation (BCE & CE).

What is add?

500

Cave paintings were useful for these reasons.

What is for recording early history, communicating with one another, and showing the best ways to hunt?

500

Describe three impacts of the Neolithic Revolution.

What is a settled lifestyle, division of labor, surplus of food, development of civilizations, increase in population, etc.

500
To tame an animal and keep it as a pet or for farm produce.
What is domestication.