Lesson 1 (Vocabulary)

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, definitions, and archaeological topics from Grade 7 English Unit 8 Lesson 1 (Into the Past).

Adult

Fully developed and mature.

Ancestor

A person related to somebody who lived a long time ago.

Believe

To think that something is true, real or correct.

Bone

Any of the hard pieces that form the skeleton.

Civilisation

A Human society with its developed social organisations, or the culture and way of life of a country in a specific time.

Continue

To keep going.

Discover

To reveal or make known.

Origin

The point at which something begins or rises or from which it derives.

Site

A place where something is, was, or will be.

Skeleton

The frame of bones supporting a human or animal body.

Skull

The bones of the head that surround the brain.

Advance

To develop or improve something.

Dilmun Burial Mounds

A serial property formed by 21 archaeological sites located in the western part of the island of Bahrain.

Naia

The skeleton of a young girl discovered in the Hoyo Negro cenote in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, who died around 13,000 years ago at about 13 years old.

Ötzi

A man who died about 5,000 years ago in the Alps at around 40-50 years old, also known as the Iceman.

Homo luzonensis

A newly identified species that inhabited Luzon island in the Philippines more than 50,000 years ago.