Chapter 3 and 4 revision

Question 1

Meaning 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 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 shapes 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

Palaeontologists

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 heaps that contain evidence of the past

Question 10

Fertile Crescent

Answer 10

The area now roughly covered by Israel/ Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, south-east Turkey and Iraq.

Question 11

Flint

Answer 11

A very hard stone, useful for tools and making sparks to create fires.

Question 12

Meaning of nomadic

Answer 12

Moving place to place rather than living in one settled community