Revision CH: 3-4

Question 1

Colonies

Answer 1

Countries or regions taken over and controlled by another state.

Question 2

Catal Huyuk

Answer 2

Probably the world’s first city in the modern day Turkey.

Question 3

Hunter-Gatherers

Answer 3

People who live by hunting animals and gathering food in the wild.

Question 4

Cuneiform

Answer 4

A writing system in which lines were drawn as wedge shaped marks.

Question 5

Agriculture

Answer 5

Farming and herding animals.

Question 6

Fossils

Answer 6

Remains of plants or animals found in rocks.

Question 7

Palaeontologist

Answer 7

A scientist who studies fossils.

Question 8

Homo-ergaster

Answer 8

The first human-like species to appear in Africa.

Question 9

Middens

Answer 9

Coastal refuse heals that contain evidence of the past.

Question 10

Nomadic

Answer 10

Moving from place to place rather than living in one settled community.

Question 11

Fertile Crescent

Answer 11

An area in the Middle East where The Natufians lived.

Question 12

Flint

Answer 12

A stone that makes fire.

Question 13

When did the Neanderthals die out?

Answer 13

The Neanderthals died out 30,000 years ago.

Question 14

Civilisation like Sumer did not treat all people as equals, explain why?

Answer 14

This is because social classes developed which means that some people were rulers and some people were slaves and those groups don’t have the same right

Question 15

When did the Neanderthals live?

Answer 15

They lived around 250,000 years ago

Question 16

What was the change we call the `Neolithic Revolution‘

Answer 16

It was the end of the hunter gatherer times and was the start of people living in settle communities with agriculture. This then led the people to develop writing and laws.

Question 17

Why did Aboriginal Australians not have tribal wars?

Answer 17

Because the Aboriginal people were only concerned about their tribal land which connected them to their ancestral stories. They weren’t interested in taking someone else’s land.

Question 18

What is a primary source and a secondary source?

Answer 18

A primary source was created within the time period eg. Letters , Documents, etc. A secondary source is a reconstruction of the past by people living at a later time. Eg. Fossils

Question 19

Summarise hat the theory of evolution days about how humans evolved, in your own words?

Answer 19

All humans originated from Africa when they evolved to ape-like creature and migrated to different continents.

Question 20

What was the world’s first city called?

Answer 20

Catal Huyuk

Question 21

What happened at the end of the last ice-age in the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 21

It had became warmer and wetter and glaciers melted. Then wild barley grew around this area.

Question 22

What are Neanderthals?

Answer 22

Neanderthals were an early species of human, who were shorter and more strongly built than modern humans.

Question 22

Why is it difficult to find an exact date for Aboriginal rock paintings of other artifacts, such as sacred ceremony sites?

Answer 22

The sites can be damaged due to bad weather and the site could be used by other groups.

Question 23

What are 4 important things that the Sumerians invented?

Answer 23

The Sumerians invented boats, the wheel, sail and money.