PREHISTORY

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1. How old is the universe?
2. How old is planet Earth?
3. How old is Homo Sapiens?
4. What is the difference between prehistory and history?
5.  Which is the longest period: Prehistory or History?
6.  The word history comes from the ancient Greek word historia, what does it  mean?
7.  Why is Atapuerca such a significant archaeological site?
8.  In which province in Spain is Atapuerca?
9.  Which hominid did they find at Atapuerca?
10.  What is our oldest relative in Western Europe?
11.  Put the following hominids in chronological order, starting with the oldest:

Homo antecessor – Homo erectus – Homo sapiens – Australopithecus – Ardipithecus – Homo habilis – Neanderthal

9.  What are three periods of Prehistory?

10. What does bipedal mean?

11. What does Palaeolithic mean?

12. What does Neolithic mean?

13. Which of the three periods of Prehistory is the longest?

14. How many years ago did early humans appear in the Palaeolithic age?

15. What event marked the beginning of the Neolithic age?

16. How long ago was agriculture invented?

17.  What was the first great revolution of mankind?

18.  What invention changed Neolithic society?

19.  Was Neolithic society sedentary or nomadic?

20.  What is man’s most important ‘weapon’?

21.  How many years ago did the Metal Ages begin?

22.  What type of society was Palaeolithic society? (H___________ G__________)

23.  What was the great discovery of the Palaeolithic age?

24.  Fire was discovered in which age of Prehistory?

25.  What type of stone did Palaeolithic man use for hunting, cutting and making fire?

26.  Describe Palaeolithic art

27.  Compare Palaeolithic art with Neolithic art, what are their differences?

28.  Why is the fact that Palaeolithic man buried his dead important?

29.  Where can you find the oldest paintings by man?

30.  Where in France are there famous Palaeolithic paintings?

31.  In the Neolithic age which crops were grown in the Middle East and Europe?

32.  In the Neolithic age which crops were grown in Asia?

33.  In the Neolithic age which crops were grown in the Americas?

34.  Which were the first animals to be domesticated by man?

35.  Why is agriculture the defining moment for civilization? (Because it meant man could….)

36.  How did Neolithic society benefit from agriculture?

37.  Before the invention of agriculture what did men and women do every day of their lives?

38.  Name the three types of megalithic monument?

39.  Why is Stonehenge in England such a famous megalithic monument?

40.  Did the pyramids in Egypt exist at the time of Stonehenge?

41.  Which was the first metal to be used of the Metal Ages?

42.  Bronze was made by melting which two metals together?

43.  Which metal replaced Bronze?

44.  Name the three metals of the Metal Ages?

45.  Put in chronological order the three metals of the Metal Ages: Bronze, iron, copper

46.  Where is the oldest Palaeolithic settlement in Catalunya?

47.  What were the three most important inventions of the Metal Ages? (W________, S__________, P___________)

48.  What social change occurred during the Metal Ages?

49.  Describe Neolithic art

50.  What Neolithic invention was used for wool and making textiles?

51.  What ‘God’ did Neolithic man believe in?

52.  What does the word necropolis mean?

53.  Where did Neolithic society bury their dead?

54.  What is a dolmen?

55.  On which continent did human life begin?

56.  The last continent to be occupied by man was _____________.

57.  Where was Europe’s oldest ancestor found? (In the C____________)

58.  Metal was discovered about _______________ years ago.

59.  Fire was discovered about _______________ years ago.

60.  Agriculture was invented about _______________ years ago.

61.  What were the four principle crops planted by Neolithic man?

62.  How do you think they discovered how to make fire?

63.  How do you think they invented the wheel?

64.  Which came first: pottery or the wheel?

65.  If we compressed all the history of Earth into just one year, at what point during the year did mankind appear?

66.  Hunter-gatherer society was from which period of Prehistory?

67.  Sedentary society began in which period of human Prehistory?

68.  What does nomadic mean?

69.  Why is a sedentary society better than a nomadic one?

70. What megalithic monument is this?

71. What was the monument used for?

72. What famous megalithic monument is this?

73. Where is this famous megalithic monument?

74. What was the monument used for?