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Ancient History: Chapter One
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______________ an object made or used by people in the past
______________ before written history
______________ relating to the ceremony, such as a religious ceremony
______________ person who studies the past by examining objects that people leave behind
______________ recorders of the past
______________ person who studies natural features of the Earth, such as water and landform
______________ painted on cave walls
______________ exhibits displayed in a building
______________ searching for animals for food
______________ used for hunting
______________ people who solve mysteries
______________ events that happened long ago
______________ events that will happen
______________ some sculptures were made out of this
______________ tool used for cave art
______________ prehistoric animal
______________ country in south America
______________ continent
______________ commonly used body print
______________ country in Europe
Word box:
History
archeologist
historians
geographers
Artifact
detective
prehistoric
cave painter
Ritual
hunting
bison
France
Argentina
North America
hand
spear
Clay
stones
animals
museum
Past
future
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Ancient History: Chapter 2
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_________________ prehistoric humans
_________________ skills
_________________ scientist who study human development and culture
_________________ dead body
_________________ two-footed animal
_________________ walked on two feet and carried young in arms
_________________ handy man can make tools
_________________ material tools were made out of
_________________ to move from one geographic region to another
_________________ upright man
_________________ yellow-colored mud
_________________ wise man
_________________ where Lucy was found
_________________ piece of land connecting two continents
_________________ bone that protects brain
_________________ bones that protect vital organs
_________________ when did Lucy live
_________________ how tall was Lucy
_________________ upright man’s greatest advantage and ability was to invent
_________________ used to make blades
Word bank:
Hominids
capabilities
anthropologist
remains
Biped
Australopithecus
homo habilis
stone
Migrate
homo erectus
ocher
homo sapiens
Africa
land bridge
ribs
skull
3 million years ago
3 feet tall
fire
rocks