Chapter 3-4 Vocabulary

Question 1

Colonies

Answer 1

Meaning: Countries or regions taken over and controlled by another state.

Question 2

Catal Huyuk

Answer 2

Meaning: Probably the world’s first city in modern day Turkey.

Question 3

Hunter-gathers

Answer 3

Meaning: People who live by hunting animals and gathering food in the wild.

Question 4

Cuneiform

Answer 4

Meaning: A writing system in which lines were drawn as wedge shaped marks.

Question 5

Agriculture

Answer 5

Meaning: Farming and herding animals.

Question 6

Fossils

Answer 6

Meaning: Remains of plants or animals found in rocks.

Question 7

Palaeontologist

Answer 7

Meaning: A scientist who studies fossils.

Question 8

Homo-ergaster

Answer 8

Meaning: The first human-like species to appear in Africa.

Question 9

Middens

Answer 9

Meaning: Coastal refuse heaps that contain evidence of the past.

Question 10

Fertile Cresent

Answer 10

Meaning: The area now roughly covered by Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, south-east Turkey and Iraq.

Question 11

Flint

Answer 11

Meaning: a very hard stone, useful for tools and for making sparks to start fires.

Question 12

Nomadic

Answer 12

Meaning: Moving from place to place rather than living in one settled community.