Social Studies; Cro-Magnon
Terms
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- migrate
- move from one place to settle in another
- prominent
- standing out; projecting
- chisel
- a cutting tool with a sharp bevelled edge at the end of a strong blade, used to cut or shape wood, stone, or metal.
- imbedded
- something stuck in the ground that is surrounded by dirt.
- concentrated
- brought together in one place.
- barbed
- A point projecting backward from the main point. Having a barb or barbs.
- harpoon
- a barbed spear with a rope tied to it, used for catching latge fish and other sea animals.
- glacier
- a large mass of ice formed from snow on high ground wherever winter snowfall exceeds summer melting.
- What did Louis Lartet find during his cave exploreations in Southern France?
- Louis Lartet found stone tools and lots of fossils of human parts in a rock shelter named Cro-Magnon. He also found wide variety of stone tools and detailed carved bones over the years. The human fossil he found were the bodies of four men, one woman and a premature baby.
- What did Lartet's discovery tell us about the people who had created his find?
- Lartet's discovery told us that these people learned to make really better tools and were great artists with imagination and skill
- Why were these people called Cro-Magnon?
- These people were called Cro-Magnon because the first finds of those people were found at a rock shelter named Cro-Magnon. The people got named after the location of the first findings.
- How long ago did Cro-Magnon people first appear in Europe?
- They first appeared in Europe about 30,000 years ago.
- How many continents have they discovered Cro-Magnon fossils in and what does this tell us?
- They discovered Cro-Magnon fossils on 6 different continents. That tells us that the Cro-Magnons could survive in many different climates because in each conetinent all the climates are different. Some climates could be cold,wet,rainy,tropical and hot.
- Describe the physical features (appearance of Cro-Magnon people.
- Adults were as tall as two meterswith high foreheads. Their brain size were the same as ours today. They had chins now like us, unlike homo erectus,Neanderthal and homohabilis. If a Cro-Magnon came in we wouldnt noctice he or her. Their voice systems were also the same as ours.
- The most recent finds have been dated to????? years ago?
- The most recent finds have been dated to 10,000 years ago.
- When did the greatest find of Cro-Magnon cave painting occur and where was the finding made?
- The greatest find of Cro-Magnon cave painting was found in a town called Lascaux,France on a September day in 1940. Lascaux was in the Dordogne valley in the same area the Cro-Magnon rock shelter awas.
- How did the greatest find of Cro-Magnon cave painting occur?
- The Cro-Magnon cave painting finding that was the greatest was found when children chased a runaway dog into a underground cave. They lit torches and followed the dog. They found a prehistoric art gallery down there with bright colourful paintings row on row on the walls of the cave.
- What did Cro-Magnon people use to make their pictures?
- Cro-Magnon people used paints made from coloured rock-prower and animal fat mixed together. The brushes they used to paint were made from animal hair tied to small bones.
- Tell what each of the following was made into by the Cro-Magnon people: A) flint
- was made into slim, sharp edged blades that could be used as chisels, knives, and spear points.
- Deer antlers
- were used to make needles, fish hooks and barbed harppoon heads.
- C) Stone bowls
- were made into lamps by filling the stone bowl with animal grease
- D) Snail shells and animal teeth
- were used to make necklaces
- E) Animal bones
- were made and carved into whistles and flutes, also brushes too using little bones.
- What are the TWO ideas scientists believe could be the reason few Neanderthal remains are found that date past the apparent aperance of the Creo-Magnons?
- One, scientists thought Neanderthals got killed by the Cro-Magnons with their developed weapons and them being fierce warriors. Two, scientists think Neanderthals couldnt adapt to the ice age climate and the Cro-Magnons could with their developed things.