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Slice the early human wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Australopithecus or HomoRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the food waysRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Early humans bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Big landlords or warrior chiefs acknowledged as subordinates by existing kings were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Rashtrakuta chief overthrew his Chalukya overlord in the mid-eighth century?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kadamba Mayurasharman and the Gurjara-Pratihara Harichandra were originally:Read the answer and worked solution →Chola inscriptions refer to more than how many different terms for taxes?Read the answer and worked solution →The most frequently mentioned Chola tax, vetti, was taken in the form of:Read the answer and worked solution →The prashasti describing Pratihara king Nagabhata's exploits was found at:Read the answer and worked solution →Land grants to Brahmanas were recorded on:Read the answer and worked solution →The twelfth-century Sanskrit history of Kashmir's kings was composed by:Read the answer and worked solution →The tripartite struggle was fought for control of which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three dynasties fought the tripartite struggle?Read the answer and worked solution →Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni ruled from 997 to:Read the answer and worked solution →Mahmud of Ghazni entrusted which scholar to write the Kitab ul-Hind?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chahamanas, later called Chauhans, ruled the region around Delhi and:Read the answer and worked solution →Prithviraja III defeated Sultan Muhammad Ghori in 1191 but lost to him in:Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayalaya of the Cholas captured the Kaveri delta from which minor chiefly family?Read the answer and worked solution →Vijayalaya built the town of Thanjavur and a temple to the goddess:Read the answer and worked solution →Rajaraja I, considered the most powerful Chola ruler, became king in:Read the answer and worked solution →Groups of Chola peasant villages formed larger units called:Read the answer and worked solution →Land gifted to Brahmanas in the Chola kingdom was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Land gifted to temples in the Chola kingdom was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Inscriptions describing how the sabha chose committee members by lottery come from:Read the answer and worked solution →Sabha members at Uttaramerur had to be aged between:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the Chola land categoriesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the early medieval dynastiesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the early medieval datesRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the early human words

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Does not match the category
  1. Isobar
  2. Cirque
  3. Nebula
  4. Guyot
Matches the category
  1. Fossil
  2. Hominid
  3. Bipedal
  4. Hand axe
  5. Chopper
Instructions
Slice only the terms about early humans. Spare the rest.
_Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 1, From the Beginning of Time._

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Australopithecus or Homo

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Upper category
Australo
Lower category
Homo
Items
  1. Category
    Australo
    Item
    Tiny brain
  2. Category
    Australo
    Item
    Big teeth
  3. Category
    Australo
    Item
    Heavy jaw
  4. Category
    Australo
    Item
    Tree life
  5. Category
    Homo
    Item
    Big brain
  6. Category
    Homo
    Item
    Tool maker
  7. Category
    Homo
    Item
    Upright
  8. Category
    Homo
    Item
    Tiny teeth
Instructions
Send each trait to the Australopithecus track or the Homo track.
_Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 1, From the Beginning of Time._

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Sort the food ways

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Items
  1. Group
    Gathering
    Item
    Seeds
  2. Group
    Gathering
    Item
    Berries
  3. Group
    Gathering
    Item
    Tubers
  4. Group
    Scavenging
    Item
    Carcasses
  5. Group
    Scavenging
    Item
    Marrow
  6. Group
    Scavenging
    Item
    Dead animals
  7. Group
    Hunting
    Item
    Boxgrove
  8. Group
    Hunting
    Item
    Schoningen
  9. Group
    Hunting
    Item
    Reindeer
Groups
  1. Item
    Gathering
  2. Item
    Scavenging
  3. Item
    Hunting
Instructions
Drop each clue onto gathering, scavenging or hunting.
_Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 1, From the Beginning of Time._

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