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01 - The Greatest Inventors of All Time Flashcards

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1
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Where in Germany were people digging where they came across a human bone?

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Heidelberg

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What did people find while digging in Heidelberg?

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Human bone

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What kind of bone was discovered in Heidelberg?

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A lower jaw

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What qualities defined the bone that people found in Heidelberg?

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Massive, strong, powerful teeth

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Where was a human skull found in Germany?

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In Neander Valley

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What was found in Neander Valley?

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A human skull

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What qualities defined the skull found in Neander Valley?

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No forehead with two thick ridges above the eyebrows instead

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8
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What were the Neanderthals perhaps better at than us?

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They were better at biting

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9
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Which two countries found more bones than Germany?

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Asia and Africa

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What were they using more than a hundred and fifty thousand years ago?

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Stones and tools

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11
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What did scientists find about wood, plants, and volcanic rocks?

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They change slowly but regularly over a very long period of time

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12
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What comes before history?

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Prehistory

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13
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How long have Neanderthals inhabited Earth?

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About two hundred thousand years

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14
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How did they create fire?

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Rubbing two sticks together until they become so hot that they catch fire

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Why did they call it the Stone Age?

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They created stone tools at that time

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What was longer than summers?

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Winters

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17
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When did the Stone Age begin?

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Before the last Ice Age

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18
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Why did they use caves as shelter?

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It was very cold outside

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19
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Why were they called Cavemen?

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They would hide in caves

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20
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Who invented talking and pictures?

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Cavemen

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21
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How long did the Ice Age last?

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Tens of thousand of years

22
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What food did they create?

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Bread

23
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What did they learn to build?

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Tents

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What did they learn to tame?

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Animals

25
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What was a dangerous place at the time?

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Forests

26
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What did they build in the mud?

A

Pile dwellings

27
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What did they shape and polish?

A

Tools

28
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What did they use to bore holes in their axe-heads for handles?

A

Harder stone

29
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How long can the work take?

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The whole winter

30
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What did they make pots with?

A

Clay

31
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What did they draw as decorations?

A

Patterns

32
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What did they make in ovens?

A

Fire

33
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When did they stop painting pictures of animals?

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Late Stone Age

34
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When did they find a more convenient way of making tools?

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Six thousand years ago (that is 4000 BCE)

35
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When did they discover metals?

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4000 BCE

36
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What metal did they start making into arrowheads and axes?

A

Copper

37
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What makes copper stronger?

A

Mixing a little bit of a more rare metal with it

38
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What makes bronze?

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Copper and tin

39
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What items did they make out of bronze?

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Helmets, swords, axes, cauldrons, bracelets, and necklaces

40
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What were the people dressed in?

A

They were dressed in skins

41
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What were the paddle boats made of?

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Hollowed-out tree trunks

42
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What did they build their huts on?

A

Stilts

43
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Where did they get salt from?

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The mines in the mountains

44
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What did they drink from in the Bronze Age?

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Pottery vessels

45
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What other metal did wives and daughters wear as jewelry?

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Gold

46
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Who would sacrifice their life for their child?

A

Mother

47
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When did all this happen?

A

Between three and ten thousand years ago

48
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How did they act towards each other during the Bronze Age?

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Cruel and deceitful

49
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What qualities did elephants have?

A

Long, thick coats of hair and great, curving tusks

50
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Why did they paint these animals in the caves?

A

They think it will make those animals appear

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