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WorksheetsPrehistory Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 6mins
The time before written records
Match the following
Prehistoric and current city near the Dead Sea and Jordan River with a famous wall
Jericho
Prehistoric city located in modern-day Turkey, which is famous for its art and religious practices
Catal Huyuk
A prehistoric monument in England, with purposes that are still unclear to historians today
Stonehenge
Reorder the following
Paleolithic Age
Mesolithic Age
Neolithic Age
The study of humans and their development
Early relatives to modern day humans
Hominids
Relatives or family members who lived in the past
Match the following
"Southern ape," believed to be one of the first hominids capable of walking on two feet
Australopithicus
"Handy man," believed to be one of the first hominids to create stone tools
Homo habilis
"Upright man," believed to be the first hominid to walk on two feet full time, learn to control fire, and migrate outside of Africa
Homo erectus
"Wise man," the group including modern day humans,which is believed to be the first hominid to develop language
Homo sapiens
The closest extinct hominid to humans who lived across Europe and Central Asia, and believed to be the first hominid to bury their dead
Australopithecus whose remains are over 3 million years old
Rita
Michelle
Lucy
Martha
Homo sapiens from the Stone Ages who was discovered frozen in a glacier and is one of the oldest mummies in human history
The application of science and engineering to create tools that improve the quality of life
A handheld object that is designed to help complete a specific task
tool
iPad
tennis racket
spoon
A period of time where humans invented and primarily used stone tools
Label the Bering Strait
Bering Strait
Not the Bering Strait
A group of people living together in a community.
People who hunt animals and gather wild plants to acquire food are called (a) . They travel to follow the food and do not have a permanent home, so they are (b) .
Movement from one location to another, in order to establish a new permanent settlement.
The total number of people in a specific area, such as a city, state, or country
Time periods with consistently freezing temperatures throughout the world
The (a) of animals and plants for farming, and (b) , the process of farming, were central to the (c) , a shift from the hunter-gather lifestyle and allowed humans to produce large quantities of food.
