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Activities:
1) Answer these questions
a. What features developed some hominids that distinguished them from apes?
a) Biped position 1) They came more intelligent and this made development of speech
possible, as well as thought and the ability to make tools
b) Brain growth
2)They could hold objects more easily
c) Opposable
thumb 3) Their anatomy changed and so they could use their hands to make
tools
d) Australopithecus
4)They were the first to make artistic represebtations
e) Homo Habilis
5)They buried their dead
f) Homo erectus
6)They were the first to make tools
g) Homo antecessor
7)They used tools, but did not make them
h) Homo
neanderthalensis 8)They made fire and used different tools, such as axes, knives, etc.
i) Homo sapiens 9)They were the first European people
3) Read the text about Homo antecessor and answer the questions
“In 1994, a team of archaeologists were excavating at the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca,
Burgos) and found the remains of animals, stone tools, and fruits fossils. Next to these remains, they
found the bones of sis different human individuals.
The researchers had found a camp inhabited by humans 800.000 years ago. Study of the bones showed
that it was a new species belonging to the first human inhabitants of Europe. This hominid, a common
ancestor of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens, was named Homo antecessor and arrived in Europe from
Africa almost a million years ago.”
a) What did the archaeologists find?
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5) Use the following words to complete the text:
Cardial Cantabria nomads Levante gathering animals
“During the Palaeolithic Age, human beings on the Iberian Peninsula lived from hunting, fishing and
_________________. The first inhabitants were __________ and lived in caves and shelters in open
air. There are some significant cave paintings in __________.
In Neolithic Age, people kept __________ and grew food. In the east of the Peninsula __________
ceramics are especially significant; in Andalucía they dyed the ceramics red. There are caves
paintings in the __________ area showing dancing and hunting scenes of animals and warriors in red
and black.
6) Identify the artistic style of these cave paintings from the Peninsula and answer the following
questions.
b) What is metallurgy?
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c) When did the Prehistoric Age end?
9) Translate the verbs bellow. Then write the steps for obtaining a piece of metal in the correct
order:
a) Smelt the metal in a furnace
b) Pour the metal into the mould
c) Extract the ore
d) Remove the slang
10) Choose the correct word to complete the sentences:
a) In Spain, Megalithic constructions were rare/common
b) The village of Millares is in Ávila/Almería
c) The inhabitants made tools and ceramic/jewellery
d) In the necropolis, they had parties/buried their dead
e) The necropolis was square/round
f) The name “Bell Beaker” refers to ceramics /bells that the people made
11) Translate into Spanish
Hominids Stone polishing
Hominization Pottery
Cave art Woven textiles
Prehistoric remains Loom.
Middle Palaeolithic Deer
Upper Palaeolithic period Wild goats
Last ice age Seafood
Grave goods. Cardium pottery
Polychrome-painted Copper Age
Process of microlithization Bronze Age
Rock art Iron Age
Gathering scenes Bell Beaker culture
Fertile Crescent Earthenware vessels