15 questions
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
Before Cultural Era
Before Community Era
Before Computer Era
What is an artifact?
a complex object that is used for work
a small object that represents the passage of time
a large object used for completing difficult tasks
usually a simple object such as a tool or ornament showing human work and representing a culture or a stage in the development of a culture
What is an archaeologist?
a scientist who studies dinosaur remains
a scientist who who studies animal history by digging up animal remains.
a scientist who studies human history by digging up human remains and artifacts
a scientist who is interested in the past
What is a fossil?
remains, impression, or trace of a non-living thing
something that has been dead for a short period of time
remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint
a shell
Which is a Neolithic site in present day Turkey?
Burzahom
Catalhoyuk
Mehrgarh
Utnur
What does CE stand for?
Common East
Commonly Era
Common Eta
Common Era
Define migration
to visit a new location
movement from one country, place, or locality to another
to remain in your homeland
to move from one block to another
Define Neolithic
earlier part of the Stone Age when people used ground or polished stone weapons and implements
later part of the Paleolithic era
earlier part of the Mesolithic era
later part of the Stone Age when people used ground or polished stone weapons and implements
Define Neolithic Revolution
the time in history when technology advanced
a change in the way people fought in battle
a fundamental change in the way people lived from hunting and gathering to agriculture led to permanent settle
a fundamental change in industry
Define nomadic
remaining in one place no matter what
having no fixed home and moving according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land
visiting family members from time to time
traveling on vacation in the summer
Define obsidian
Dark gray flint with white dotted inclusions
a dark natural glass that forms when hot molten or semifluid rock from a volcano cools
Light grey flint of trapezium shape with slightly convex sides, rectangular cross-section, convex cutting edge, finely polished blade
Made of dense brown stone, divided by smooth notches into blade with hook shaped cutting edge,
Define Paleolithic
early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 5.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used
early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 2.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used
early phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 7.5 million years, when advanced stone implements were used
late phase of the Stone Age, lasting about 12.5 million years, when primitive stone implements were used
Define sedentary
staying or living in many places
moving to different places
moving from place to place every 3 years
staying or living in one place instead of moving to different places
Define turning point
the point at which a very insignificant change occurs
the point at which a no change occurs
the point at which nothing changes
the point at which a very significant change occurs
Define tribal
a group of people that includes many families and relatives who have the same language, customs, and beliefs, and leader
a group of people that includes 1 family
a group of people that includes many families and relatives who have the different language, different customs, and differentt beliefs
a group of people that has many leaders