1 Write the correct professions. Then, match the words to complete the sentences. a. An ancient historian studies the historical period before the Middle Ages. b. A about the past.
studies and writes
c. An keeps important documents and historical records safe. d. A studies rocks, minerals and the Earth’s surface. e. A
studies fossils.
f. An studies artefacts to learn about how people lived in the past.
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_eo_ogi__ p _ _ a e o _ _ o _ o _ i s t a _ c h i _ i s _ h ist_ ori_ a_ n _a n _c i e _n t _
2 Label the timeline with the correct events and historical periods. Which historical period is missing from the timeline?
3 Use the words in the box to complete the timeline about Prehistory. Then, match the pictures to four of the prehistorical periods.
1. Palaeolithic Period
d
Copper Age
Iron Age
Palaeolithic Period
Neolithic Period
Bronze Age
Mesolithic Period
2.
c. 2 500 000 10 000 BC
3. c. 10 000 5 500 BC
5.
c. 5 500 - 2 500 BC
c. 2 500 - 1 700 BC
6. c. 1 700 – 800 BC
a
4.
b
c. 800 – 218 BC c
d
4 Look at the chart about the Stone Age. Mark with a tick ( ✔).
Palaeolithic Period The beginning of sedentary life.
Mesolithic Period
Neolithic Period ✔
The beginning of human history. The transition period of the Stone Age. People learnt to use fire. People cultivated crops and domesticated animals. Housing was temporary. People lived in caves. Farming tools were invented. Stone, bone and wood were used to make simple tools.
to make and tools. Communities divided up - farmers grew crops, metal workers made tools and weapons.
People learned how to melt and shape . This made weapons than ever before.
Iron Age
Harder and better weapons and tools were made using iron. and silver were used to make coins and jewellery. Larger made up of houses and large were built.
6 Cross out and replace the incorrect text in each sentence. Iron
a. The Celts spread across Europe during the Copper Age. b. The Iberians inhabited the east and north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. c. Fortified villages, called megaliths, were built on hills by the Celts. d. Contact with other cultures encouraged the Iberians to develop things such as farming. e. Picture
a
shows a Celtic castro.
f. Picture
b
shows La Dama de Elche, an example of Iberian sculpture.
g. Picture
c
shows Los Toros de Guisando, an example of Celtic sculpture. c
