My Community In The Past Flashcards
Who are the people who study about the life of the people in the past?
Archaeologist
What do you call the habitat where plants and animals live?
Habitat 
What do you call a statue or an image?
Idol
What do you call the structure that covers and protects?
Shelter
It is the term for a useful tool in the kitchen.
Utensil
What do you call the people who lived in the past?
Ancestors
According to archaeologists the first people in the country used to live inside ___________________.
Caves
-they were safer in caves, because wild animals could not harm them
- caves protected our ancestors from heat and cold
- Caves were the best place to rest after our ancestors hunted for food in the forest or caught fish in the rivers
Our ancestors in their community
Key points:
* ancestors lived in the mountains, forests, and near the rivers, and other parts of the mountains
* if they wanted to get more food, they would transfer from one place to another
* Lands – provided them with fruits and vegetables
* rivers, lakes and seas – provided them the fish they need
*Protection – ancestors build their houses on top of trees.
*hunting and farming tools – simple, and made by sharpening stones and pieces of wood
- used to prepare the soil for planting end in hunting animals, they could eat
*Making fire – rubbing or striking pieces of bamboo, or stones together; used to cook their food
*Worship – ancestors worship the things around them, like the Sun and nature.
*idols – ancestors, created, idols, and believed that the things they worshipped provided all their needs.
The differences between community is now in the communities of our ancestors :
Communities of our ancestors:
*overtime ancestors have learnt to settle permanently in one place, and a big dwelling places with a good stay and live.
*back and front yard - used for planting of vegetables and raising farm animals, such as carabaos, goats and chickens (those who lived on the mountains, India’s have learnt to farm)
*some ancestors of chosen to live near streams, rivers, or seas – they enjoyed the richness of these water forms.
*Houses - made of wood bamboo bamboo straws grass and palm leaves (wood – posts of houses to make them sturdy)
Communities now:
*houses – made of concrete
What is the bottom part of our ancestors house that is used to store farm crops?
SILONG
– Part of our ancestors houses?
– it is the bottom part of the house which is used for storing farm crops.
- where are ancestors would normally separate the rice grain from the husk with a use of tools that resemble a big mortar and a pestle (Lusong at Halo)
What tool resembles a big mortar and pestle and is used to separate rice grain from the husk?
LUSONG AT HALO
- resembles a big mortar and pestle.
- Used to separate rice green from the husk
What is Used to reach the upper part of the house from the silong?
Ladder
Where do ancestors receive visitors?
Living Room
What is unrolled at night in the same space as the living room so that the family could sleep?
Sleeping mat
What is commonly found at the back part of the house as a place where the family, cooks food and washes the dishes?
Batalan (washroom)
- Walls – thatched nipa leaves
Floors – stacked bamboo poles
