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01 - The Greatest Inventors Of All Time Flashcards

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1
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Where was the skull found?

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Near Heidelberg Germany

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What Bone was it?

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A human skull

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What part of the human skull?

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The lower jaw

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When was it alive?

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Very long time ago

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Who has this skull?

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No one alive today

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Did the skull have a forehead?

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Doesn’t have a forehead

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What were they good at?

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Biting

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8
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Where did other people find more findings?

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Asia and Africa

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What is the Jaw called?

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Heidelberg Jaw

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Did any more bones been discovered?

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More bones have been found as old as the Heidelberg jaw

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Who own these jaws?

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Our Ancestors

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What do we call something before history?

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Prehistory or Prehistoric

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When did the stone age begin?

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Before the Ice Age ended

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What were The people called?

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Cavemen

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What did the Cavemen invent?

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Talking and pictures

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Why did the cavemen paint animals on the walls

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“they believed that painting pictures of the animals on the walls would make those animals appear for food”

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What do we think they were trying to do by painting animals on the wall?

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Trying to invent a magic spell to get food

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18
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How long did the Ice Age last

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ten of thousands of years

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How did the Cavemen learn warmth?

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The earth warmed up and the ice retreated to the mountains

20
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Why did the The caveman make tools (axes etc)

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The forest was dangerous because of wolves and bears

21
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What is something that cavemen discovered?

A

Make pots out of clay

22
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When did the cavemen stop painting pictures of the animals

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6,000 years ago (4000BCE)

22
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What metal were the cavemen using?

A

Copper

22
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What did the cavemen discover to improve their tools

A

Metal

22
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Why are the cavemen not living in the caves anymore?

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the earth got warmer and they built “pile dwellings” in the middle of the lakes and huts and stilts rammed deep into the mud

23
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How did the cavemen improve by making copper stronger for their tools

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they added a little of a different type of rare metal

23
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What was the rare metal they added to make the copper stronger?

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Bronze

24
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How did the cavemen make the tools

A

They took green stones and melted them into a fire to make copper

25
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What did the Cavemen make out of Bronze?

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

26
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What was the age called when the people were making tools?

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The Bronze Age

27
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What did the people make boats out of?

A

Hollow tree trunks

28
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How did the people get salt?

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Mines in the mountains

29
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What did the people drink out of?

A

Splendid pottery Vessels

30
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What did the wives and the daughters wear?

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Jewelry made of colored stones, and even gold

31
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Who was the greatest inventor of all time?

A

The cavemen

32
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Why must the people rebuild their axe-heads?

A

Harder stones that bored holes

33
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What did the people farm in the mountains?

A

Seeds

34
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Why did they grain seeds?

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To make a paste and put it over the fire and make bread

35
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Who was the greatesksjt inventor of all time

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The cavemen

36
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What were the cavemen not good at?

A

Thinking

37
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Near where was someone digging a pit?

A

Answer not listed

38
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How long ago did the Neanderthal people who appeared in prehistory?

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70k years earlier

39
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what was the climate like during the stone age?

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winters were longer summers were shorter

40
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which of the following were NOT invented by prehistoric

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answer not listed

41
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what did the cavemen learn to do i the warmth once the ice retreated to the high mountains

A

plant grasses and grind the seeds to make a paste (bread)

42
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World History (4 decks)

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