Pre-History and Fertile Crescent Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009

Vocab Basics Paleolithic Neolithic Meso 10 20 30 40 50

Means before written record Question 1 - 10 Means before written record

Answer 1 – 10 Pre-History

Question 1 - 20 What is the purpose of a timeline?

To measure time and events Answer 1 – 20 To measure time and events

What is our current scientific classification? Question 1 - 30 What is our current scientific classification?

Answer 1 – 30 Homo Sapien

Which came first, Anno Domini or Before Christ? How do we know? Question 1 - 40 Which came first, Anno Domini or Before Christ? How do we know?

Before Christ because it is first on a timeline Answer 1 – 40 Before Christ because it is first on a timeline

Question 1 - 50 What is the belief in more than one god?

Answer 1 – 50 Polytheism

What is an archeologist? Question 2 - 10 What is an archeologist?

A person who studies the past Answer 2 – 10 A person who studies the past

Question 2 - 20 What dating method dates artifacts by figuring out how old the soil is?

Answer 2 – 20 Stratigraphy

Carbon 14 dating can only date what? Question 2 - 30 Carbon 14 dating can only date what?

Things that were once living Answer 2 – 30 Things that were once living

Question 2 - 40 Name two examples of artifacts archeologists would study in the pre-historic era

Answer 2 – 40 Fossils Bones Clay pots Cave paintings Stones

Question 2 - 50

Answer 2 – 50

What does Paleolithic mean? Question 3 - 10 What does Paleolithic mean?

Answer 3 – 10 Old Stone Age

What was the job of Paleolithic people? Question 3 - 20 What was the job of Paleolithic people?

Answer 3 – 20 Hunt and gather

How did fire change the lives of Paleolithic people? Question 3 - 30 How did fire change the lives of Paleolithic people?

Answer 3 – 30 Cook food Scare animals Food lasts longer

Why was the Paleolithic lifestyle hard? Question 3 - 40 Why was the Paleolithic lifestyle hard?

Answer 3 – 40 Unsure of food Move around Short lifespan

Question 3 - 50 First book of fiction

Answer 3 – 50 Gilgamesh

What does Neolithic mean? Question 4 - 10 What does Neolithic mean?

Answer 4 – 10 New Stone Age

What was the Neolithic Revolution? Question 4 - 20 What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Change from hunt/gather to farming Answer 4 – 20 Change from hunt/gather to farming

What does domestication mean? Question 4 - 30 What does domestication mean?

Answer 4 – 30 To tame wild animals

Question 4 - 40 How did farming start?

Answer 4 – 40 Accidentally spill seeds Build fences around animals

Question 4 - 50 Why did people settle in Mesopotamia?

Answer 4 – 50 Fertile Soil Transportation Fishing Trade Water

What does Mesopotamia mean? Question 5 - 10 What does Mesopotamia mean?

Land between the rivers (Tigris and Euphrates) Answer 5 – 10 Land between the rivers (Tigris and Euphrates)

What/where was a ziggurat? Question 5 - 20 What/where was a ziggurat?

Temple in the center of town Answer 5 – 20 Temple in the center of town

How would people water their crops? Question 5 - 30 How would people water their crops?

Build levees and irrigation canals Answer 5 – 30 Build levees and irrigation canals

How did someone become a slave? Question 5 - 40 How did someone become a slave?

Answer 5 – 40 Debt Prisoner of war Criminal

Name two Sumerian inventions and how they were used Question 5 - 50 Name two Sumerian inventions and how they were used

Answer 5 – 50 Plow- farm Wheel- move heavy objects Sailboat- fish, transportation Beer- money and nutrition