01 - The Greatest Inventors of All Time Flashcards
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In Heidelberg, Germany, what type of bone did they find?
They found a human jaw bone
When they found a skull in the Neander valley with two thick ridges instead of a forehead, what did they conclude?
They concluded that there were once people who weren’t very good at thinking
When things come before History it is called what?
Prehistory
Why is the Stone Age called the Stone Age?
They called it the Stone Age because they found and made sharpened stones on the ground and made them into tools
How long did the Ice Age last?
Tens of thousands of years
Why are cavemen called cavemen?
They are called cavemen because if it was rainy or super cold outside they would find and cave and stay in it
Who invented talking?
cavemen
How did cavemen invent pictures?
They scratched and painted the walls of their cave of Ice Age animals.
Why did the cavemen paint of there walls?
Because they believed that painting pictures on the walls of animals would make those animals appear.
What two metals did they mix to make bronze?
Tin and copper
How did they make boats?
They hollowed-out tree trunks
What is the Bronze Age?
The age where people made helmets, swords, axes, etc, out of bronze
Where are more bones found?
Asia and Africa
How did they describe the bone the found in Heidelberg, Germany?
massive and strong
Prehistoric creatures were the first to do what?
talk and give names to people and have real conversations.
What did they do with the pottery that made?
They used them to cook and drink from
Did copper have a nice shine to it?
Yes it did
What did they use copper for?
arrowheads and axes
What type of jewelry did the woman were?
colored stones and gold
How long did work sometimes take?
The whole winter
What did they drink from?
splendid pottery vessels
Did cavemen actually live in caves?
no they did not
How did the make a fire?
By rubbing 2 sticks together
