01 - The Greatest Inventors of All Time Flashcards
Where in Germany were people digging where they came across a human bone?
Heidelberg
What did people find while digging in Heidelberg?
Human bone
What kind of bone was discovered in Heidelberg?
A lower jaw
What qualities defined the bone that people found in Heidelberg?
Massive, strong, powerful teeth
Where was a human skull found in Germany?
In Neander Valley
What was found in Neander Valley?
A human skull
What qualities defined the skull found in Neander Valley?
No forehead with two thick ridges above the eyebrows instead
What were the Neanderthals perhaps better at than us?
They were better at biting
Which two countries found more bones than Germany?
Asia and Africa
What were they using more than a hundred and fifty thousand years ago?
Stones and tools
What did scientists find about wood, plants, and volcanic rocks?
They change slowly but regularly over a very long period of time
What comes before history?
Prehistory
How long have Neanderthals inhabited Earth?
About two hundred thousand years
How did they create fire?
Rubbing two sticks together until they become so hot that they catch fire
Why did they call it the Stone Age?
They created stone tools at that time
What was longer than summers?
Winters
When did the Stone Age begin?
Before the last Ice Age
Why did they use caves as shelter?
It was very cold outside
Why were they called Cavemen?
They would hide in caves
Who invented talking and pictures?
Cavemen
How long did the Ice Age last?
Tens of thousand of years
What food did they create?
Bread
What did they learn to build?
Tents
What did they learn to tame?
Animals
What was a dangerous place at the time?
Forests
What did they build in the mud?
Pile dwellings
What did they shape and polish?
Tools
What did they use to bore holes in their axe-heads for handles?
Harder stone
How long can the work take?
The whole winter
What did they make pots with?
Clay
What did they draw as decorations?
Patterns
What did they make in ovens?
Fire
When did they stop painting pictures of animals?
Late Stone Age
When did they find a more convenient way of making tools?
Six thousand years ago (that is 4000 BCE)
When did they discover metals?
4000 BCE
What metal did they start making into arrowheads and axes?
Copper
What makes copper stronger?
Mixing a little bit of a more rare metal with it
What makes bronze?
Copper and tin
What items did they make out of bronze?
Helmets, swords, axes, cauldrons, bracelets, and necklaces
What were the people dressed in?
They were dressed in skins
What were the paddle boats made of?
Hollowed-out tree trunks
What did they build their huts on?
Stilts
Where did they get salt from?
The mines in the mountains
What did they drink from in the Bronze Age?
Pottery vessels
What other metal did wives and daughters wear as jewelry?
Gold
Who would sacrifice their life for their child?
Mother
When did all this happen?
Between three and ten thousand years ago
How did they act towards each other during the Bronze Age?
Cruel and deceitful
What qualities did elephants have?
Long, thick coats of hair and great, curving tusks
Why did they paint these animals in the caves?
They think it will make those animals appear
