Year 7 Hist - Early Humans 1

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1 Year 7 Hist - Early Humans 1 Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly? Incorrectly! At the bottom of the page is a list of words. These words are hidden in the puzzle. The words have been placed horizontally, vertically, or diagonally - frontwards or backwards. When you locate a word, draw a circle around it. X H M H O M I N I D S Z N Z D B F N C P M I G R A T I O N P S O H N Y Y D I E Z P A L A E O L I T H I C P E R I O D H G P C E T U O E D H X K M E D F O N L I I R I B G N N E O L I T H I C P E R I O D E V I B S H O M O E R E C T U S P K M D H I P R X X R E L N R C U N E I F O R M I L E O Y E Q S N A M I C R O L I T H J S I D N A U S T R A L O P I T H E C U S T S A Z A V B I Q Q F N L S M L W C S U O A L E D R W C H O M O S A P I E N S Y R T I A A N E A N D E R T H A L D K V Y I I S G Z I W T P W E V O L U T I O N G C O M E M W C E Y R T G A X X L W I Z K W N C H U N T E R G A T H E R E R S P Z W A G R I C U L T U R E A L C W J N N Y 1. cultivation of plants for food 2. erect bipedal primate mammals 3. advanced state of human society 4. walking on two feet 5. early hominids that lived alongside Homo Sapiens 6. age of bronze tools and weapons 7. to tame animals for food 8. tiny blade tool 9. new stone age 10. earliest form of writing 11. movement of people 12. people who live by hunting and gathering food 13. our ancestors 14. history before writing 15. early humans that left Africa and used complex tools and fire 16. first hominids 17. a theory about humans development 18. old stone age HOMINIDS MICROLITH AUSTRALOPITHECUS NEOLITHIC PERIOD NEANDERTHAL BIPEDALISM PREHISTORIC HOMO ERECTUS EVOLUTION DOMESTICATE AGRICULTURE HUNTER-GATHERERS PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD MIGRATION HOMO SAPIENS CIVILISATION BRONZE AGE CUNEIFORM

2 Year 7 Hist -Early Humans 2 Why are people so tired on April 1? Because they just had a March of 31 days! For each question below a number of similar words appear, but only one is spelled correctly and matches the clue that is provided. Write the letter of the correctly spelled word in the space by the question number A. hominips B. hominidse C. hominids D. hominyds erect bipedal primate mammals A. huntergatherers B. hunter-gatherers C. hunter-gatherrs D. hunter-gatherirs people who live by hunting and gathering food A. Neinderthal B. Neandirthal C. Neanderthal D. Neanderthle early hominids that lived alongside Homo Sapiens A. Palaiolithic period B. Palaeolithic periode C. Palaeolithic piriod D. Palaeolithic period old stone age A. bipedalissm B. bipeddalism C. bipedalism D. bikedalism walking on two feet A. Prehistoroc B. Pmehistoric C. Prehistorik D. Prehistoric history before writing A. Humo Erectus B. Homo Irectus C. Homo Erectuse D. Homo Erectus early humans that left Africa and used complex tools and fire A. Microlith B. Microlithe C. Microlyth D. Mikrolith tiny blade tool A. kuneiform B. cuneeform C. cuneiferm D. cuneiform earliest form of writing A. domestikate B. domesticate C. domevticate D. domsticat to tame animals for food A. Neolithik period B. Neolithic pariod C. Neolithicc period D. Neolithic period new stone age A. civilisation B. civilisatien C. sivilisation D. civilisaton advanced state of human society A. Homo Sagiens B. Homo Sapeins C. Hodo Sapiens D. Homo Sapiens our ancestors A. migrration B. migration C. migrition D. migretion movement of people A. evolusion B. evolucian C. evolutien D. evolution a theory about humans development A. agriculteur B. agriculture C. agrikulture D. agricultuer cultivation of plants for food A. Bronze Agee B. Brokze Age C. Bronze Uge D. Bronze Age age of bronze tools and weapons A. Austfalopithecus B. Australopithacus C. Australopithecus D. Austrralopithecus first hominids

3 Year 7 Hist -Early Humans 3 Why did the boy throw water out the window? Because he wanted to see a waterfall! A number of definitions are listed. Below each definition are 4 words that may match the definition. Print the letter of the word which matches the definition in the space provided by each definition. 1. cultivation of plants for food A. domesticate B. hominids C. Australopithecus D. agriculture 2. people who live by hunting and gathering food A. Homo Erectus B. hunter-gatherers C. Palaeolithic period D. agriculture 3. walking on two feet A. hunter-gatherers B. migration C. Homo Erectus D. bipedalism 4. old stone age A. Palaeolithic period B. Neanderthal C. Neolithic period D. bipedalism 5. erect bipedal primate mammals A. hominids B. domesticate C. civilisation D. evolution 6. new stone age A. Australopithecus B. hunter-gatherers C. Homo Erectus D. Neolithic period 7. history before writing A. Prehistoric B. civilisation C. Homo Erectus D. bipedalism 8. advanced state of human society A. agriculture B. Homo Sapiens C. civilisation D. hominids 9. first hominids A. bipedalism B. Prehistoric C. Bronze Age D. Australopithecus 10. earliest form of writing A. cuneiform B. Homo Erectus C. civilisation D. domesticate 11. to tame animals for food A. cuneiform B. Australopithecus C. domesticate D. Prehistoric 12. early humans that left Africa and used complex tools and fire A. Neanderthal B. Homo Erectus C. Homo Sapiens D. civilisation 13. early hominids that lived alongside Homo Sapiens A. civilisation B. cuneiform C. Homo Sapiens D. Neanderthal 14. a theory about humans development A. Homo Erectus B. evolution C. Australopithecus D. agriculture 15. age of bronze tools and weapons A. Bronze Age B. Neanderthal C. Homo Sapiens D. domesticate 16. movement of people A. Microlith B. migration C. civilisation D. cuneiform 17. our ancestors A. evolution B. civilisation C. Microlith D. Homo Sapiens 18. tiny blade tool A. Microlith B. Palaeolithic period C. cuneiform D. hunter-gatherers

4 Year 7 Hist -Early Humans 4 A cowboy rode to an inn on Friday stayed two nights and left on Friday. How could that be? His horse's name was Friday. The words on the list are split, with the first part of the word listed on the left-hand side of the worksheet and the second part listed somewhere on the right-hand side of the worksheet. Draw lines to connect the two parts of each word. Then write the complete word on the blank line. 1. CUNE 2. BRONZE 3. HUNTER- 4. BIPED 5. EVOL 6. NEOLITHIC 7. MICR 8. PREHIS 9. HOMO 10. AUSTRALO 11. CIVILI 12. DOMEST 13. NEANDE 14. PALAEOLITHIC 15. HOMI 16. HOMO 17. AGRICU 18. MIGR 1. earliest form of writing 2. age of bronze tools and weapons 3. people who live by hunting and gathering food 4. walking on two feet 5. a theory about humans development 6. new stone age 7. tiny blade tool 8. history before writing 9. early humans that left Africa and used complex tools and fire TORIC OLITH SATION NIDS GATHERERS RTHAL SAPIENS ALISM IFORM ICATE UTION PITHECUS AGE LTURE PERIOD ATION PERIOD ERECTUS 10. first hominids 11. advanced state of human society 12. to tame animals for food 13. early hominids that lived alongside Homo Sapiens 14. old stone age 15. erect bipedal primate mammals 16. our ancestors 17. cultivation of plants for food 18. movement of people EVOLUTION HOMO ERECTUS MIGRATION HOMINIDS MICROLITH PREHISTORIC AGRICULTURE CIVILISATION NEANDERTHAL CUNEIFORM BIPEDALISM HOMO SAPIENS NEOLITHIC PERIOD AUSTRALOPITHECUS DOMESTICATE BRONZE AGE HUNTER-GATHERERS PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD

5 Year 7 Hist -Early Humans 5 Why is Cinderella no good at soccer? She keeps running away from the ball! Using the Across and Down clues, write the correct words in the numbered grid below ACROSS 2. old stone age 6. tiny blade tool 8. movement of people 9. a theory about humans development 11. new stone age 12. earliest form of writing 13. history before writing 14. people who live by hunting and gathering food DOWN 1. to tame animals for food 3. erect bipedal primate mammals 4. walking on two feet 5. cultivation of plants for food 7. advanced state of human society 10. age of bronze tools and weapons HOMINIDS BRONZE AGE EVOLUTION BIPEDALISM MIGRATION PREHISTORIC PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD AGRICULTURE CIVILISATION MICROLITH DOMESTICATE CUNEIFORM HUNTER-GATHERERS NEOLITHIC PERIOD

6 Year 7 Hist - Early Civilisations 1 Knock, knock. Who's there? Abbey. Abbey who? Abbey Birthday to You! Each line of the puzzle has one word hidden in a list of random letters. The blank space is a missing letter that belongs to that word. Decide what word is hidden in the letters and write in the space the missing letter. A word bank has been provided. Each word in the word bank appears somewhere in the puzzle. 1. H F L O X C I V I L I S T I O N P N G D W Q P T 2. Y B J B P F N E O L I T I C D X N Q H A R D J N 3. Q P O X Y M M D Z W H C F H P U J Y Y H Q T T J 4. I E O L N U D O R Z C O P E C I A L I S E D T V 5. D H V A V C M J Y I A R H A E O L O G I S T W S 6. L Z G T E Q F J E Q M E O P O T A M I A D A Z Q 7. C V B A P R E H I S T O I C D R T I J B H I W V 8. Y M D B I E S H A R T E F A C T W Z C I M G A E 9. F R I U D Y T B R I V E V A L L E Y L J O D T T 10. G I H S L X X Z T E C H O L O G Y L E J F D T S 11. V M R K P F D P K R V A T I Q U I T Y I M A B V 12. V F Y B S I X W X E C B E F W M R Q X E E M D G 13. N X J P P A L E O L I T I C H J X O K V Y R J I 14. H B M Y F X F I J N A N E S T O R Y C E V S D X 15. T X V Z O K N R Q S U M R U S N G W I A L A Y M 1. an advanced state of human society 2. new stone age 3. common era 4. become expert in a particular skill. 5. person who searches for the remains of human civilisations 6. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 7. before written history 8. an object made by man 9. the site of the first civilisations 10. knowledge used to create tools or solve problems 11. the ancient past 12. before common era 13. old stone age 14. peron who we are descended from 15. first city MESOPOTAMIA ANCESTOR PALEOLITHIC ARTETFACT CE ANTIQUITY RIVER VALLEY PREHISTORIC SPECIALISED ARCHAEOLOGIST NEOLITHIC BCE TECHNOLOGY SUMER CIVILISATION

7 Year 7 Hist - Early Civilisations 2 What do you call a train made out of bubble gum? A Choo-Choo (chew-chew) Train! At the bottom of the page is a list of words. Print the words in the empty boxes above. The shape of the word must match the shape of the boxes the ancient past 2. old stone age 3. before written history 4. an object made by man 5. new stone age 6. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 7. knowledge used to create tools or solve problems 8. first city 9. become expert in a particular skill. 10. peron who we are descended from 11. person who searches for the remains of human civilisations 12. an advanced state of human society 13. the site of the first civilisations 14. before common era 15. common era SUMER ARCHAEOLOGIST RIVER VALLEY ANTIQUITY ANCESTOR SPECIALISED TECHNOLOGY PALEOLITHIC BCE MESOPOTAMIA PREHISTORIC CIVILISATION CE ARTETFACT NEOLITHIC

8 YYear 7 Hist - Early Civilisations 3 Why is Cinderella no good at soccer? She keeps running away from the ball! The letters of the words below are all mixed up. Figure out what the word is and write it on the blank line provided. 1. QTYNAUTII 2. EC 3. OTCGEONLHY 4. SHPOCRITREI 5. RTATFCTAE 6. IHCIOLNET 7. ATPISMEOOMA 9. UERMS 10. AOLSHOAETIGRC 11. ELESCPIDIAS 12. BEC 13. LISNTOAIIICV 14. OIHCETLAILP 15. AYVEEIRLLRV 8. ECNOSRAT 1. the ancient past 2. common era 3. knowledge used to create tools or solve problems 4. before written history 5. an object made by man 6. new stone age 7. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 8. peron who we are descended from 9. first city 10. person who searches for the remains of human civilisations 11. become expert in a particular skill. 12. before common era 13. an advanced state of human society 14. old stone age 15. the site of the first civilisations NEOLITHIC MESOPOTAMIA CE ANTIQUITY ARCHAEOLOGIST RIVER VALLEY ARTETFACT ANCESTOR SUMER PREHISTORIC TECHNOLOGY PALEOLITHIC BCE SPECIALISED CIVILISATION

9 Year 7 Hist - Early Civilisations 4 Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven, eight, nine! Below the blank puzzle grid is a list of words. Place the words in the correct place on the grid. Tip: Start with letter sizes that have the fewest words. So if there are only 2 words with 7 letters and 5 words with 4 letters, try placing the 7 letter words first. 2 LETTERS 8 LETTERS TECHNOLOGY 12 LETTERS CE ANCESTOR CIVILISATION 11 LETTERS 3 LETTERS 9 LETTERS RIVER VALLEY 13 LETTERS BCE ARTETFACT SPECIALISED ARCHAEOLOGIST ANTIQUITY PREHISTORIC 5 LETTERS NEOLITHIC PALEOLITHIC SUMER MESOPOTAMIA 10 LETTERS

10 Year 7 Hist - Early Civilisations 5 Why didn't the ocean say hello? Because it waves. Clues are listed below. Print the word that matches the clue on the blank line by the clue. 1. the ancient past 2. person who searches for the remains of human civilisations 3. new stone age 4. an advanced state of human society 5. before common era 6. old stone age 7. first city 8. the site of the first civilisations 9. knowledge used to create tools or solve problems 10. common era 11. before written history 12. peron who we are descended from 13. become expert in a particular skill. 14. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 15. an object made by man ARTETFACT SPECIALISED ANTIQUITY MESOPOTAMIA ARCHAEOLOGIST TECHNOLOGY CIVILISATION RIVER VALLEY PREHISTORIC BCE CE ANCESTOR NEOLITHIC PALEOLITHIC SUMER

11 Year 7 Hist - Early Civilisations 6 What is a bow that is impossible to tie? A rainbow. Using the Across and Down clues, write the correct words in the numbered grid below ACROSS 3. common era 4. become expert in a particular skill. 7. before written history 9. person who searches for the remains of human civilisations 11. first city 12. knowledge used to create tools or solve problems 13. new stone age 14. an advanced state of human society DOWN 1. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 2. peron who we are descended from 5. the ancient past 6. the site of the first civilisations 7. old stone age 8. before common era 10. an object made by man SUMER ANTIQUITY BCE ANCESTOR TECHNOLOGY PALEOLITHIC RIVER VALLEY NEOLITHIC SPECIALISED CE ARCHAEOLOGIST CIVILISATION MESOPOTAMIA PREHISTORIC ARTETFACT

12 Year 7 Hist - Early Civilisations 7 Why did the cookie go to the hospital? Because he felt crummy! Numbered clues appear below the spiral grid. Determine the word that matches the clue, and write that word in the spiral puzzle. The word does not overlap with the next word (marked by the next number) and it must be written in the correct direction (from a lower numbered space to a higher numbered space) common era 2. knowledge used to create tools or solve problems 3. new stone age 4. become expert in a particular skill. 5. an advanced state of human society 6. first city 7. before written history 8. before common era 9. land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers 10. person who searches for the remains of human civilisations 11. peron who we are descended from 12. the site of the first civilisations 13. the ancient past 14. old stone age 15. an object made by man CIVILISATION ANTIQUITY BCE PREHISTORIC MESOPOTAMIA ARTETFACT RIVER VALLEY CE SUMER TECHNOLOGY PALEOLITHIC NEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGIST SPECIALISED ANCESTOR

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