01- The Greatest Inventors of All Time Flashcards

1
Q

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

A

Heidelberg

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2
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What did people find while digging in Heidelberg?

A

A human bone

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3
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What kind of bone was discovered in Heidelberg?

A

A lower jaw

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4
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Where was a human skull found in Germany?

A

In Neander Valley

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4
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What qualities defined the bone that people found in Heidelberg?

A

Massive, strong, powerful, teeth

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5
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What was found in Neander Valley?

A

A human skull

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6
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What qualities defined the skull In Neander Valley?

A

No forehead with two thick ridges above the eyebrows instead

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7
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How are we perhaps different from the neanderthal people?

A

They might not have been good at thinking but were better at biting than us

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8
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What did scientists find about wood and plants and Volcanic rocks?

A

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

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9
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How long did the search for bones last?

A

More than a hundred and fifty years ago

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10
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Why is it called prehistory?

A

Because It came before history

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11
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How did prehistoric people get away from the freezing cold?

A

The prehistoric people came across a cave for shelter

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12
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Do you know what the prehistoric people invented?

A

They invented talking

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13
Q

The prehistoric people invented something else?

A

They also invented pictures

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14
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Why did the prehistoric people paint animals on their walls?

A

Because the caves were dark

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15
Q

How long did the Ice age last?

A

For tens and thousands of years

16
Q

Did the earth grow warmer?

A

Yes

17
Q

Did the ice retreat when the earth grew warmer?

A

Yes

18
Q

What wild animals were in the forest?

A

Wolves and bears

19
Q

What were the prehistoric people masters at?

A

Shaping and polishing

20
Q

How long ago did Neanderthal people appear?

A

seventy thousand years earlier

21
Q

In Asia and Africa what was found there?

A

Bones

22
Q

What was as old as the Heidelberg jaw?

A

Bones

23
Q

When did the people find a better way to make tools?

A

4000 BCE

24
Q

What was melted into the fire called?

A

Copper

25
Q

What did the people use for protection?

A

Helmets and Shields

26
Q

What did they use to fight?

A

Bows and arrows

27
Q

Which three ages were there?

A
  1. Stone Age
  2. Ice Age
  3. Bronze Age
28
Q

People didn’t know how to build what?

A

.Houses

29
Q

How did they make fire?

A

By rubbing two sticks together