Virtual Tour of Catalhoyuk

Assignment to hand in:    Completed Essential Questions about Catalhoyuk

Step 1: Visit and browse the site: Mysteries of Catalhoyuk

Step 2: Answer the following Essential Questions (Word version too) about the people of Catalhoyuk. Use evidence from the virtual tour and the other links provided below. Download/Open the Microsoft Word version of the Essential Questions and type your answers within.

Essential Questions:

1. Why did the people of Catalhoyuk choose to live where they did? – What role did geography play in determining where they chose to live?  

2. What did the people of Catalhoyuk believe in? – What role did religion/supernatural have on the people of Catalhoyuk?  

3. Why did the people of Catalhoyuk live the way they did? – What kind of culture defined the people of Catalhoyuk? (i.e. What did they wear? Did they have social classes? What was life like in their homes?...)   

4. How did technology affect the live of the people of Catalhoyuk? – What role did technology have in their lives? (i.e. What tools did they have?)  

5. How do archeologists and historians know what they know about Catalhoyuk? – How do archeologists and historians know what they know about them? (Fossils, tools, structures, artifacts,... all equal evidence) 

6. Why did the people of Catalhoyuk move from where they came, originally? – What role did human migration have? (Did humans always exist at Catalhoyuk or did they come from somewhere else?)  

7. Why did the people of Catalhoyuk make weapons? – What role did warfare/conflict have on their live, if any?

Supplemental Websites:
Official Catalhoyuk Site
Focus on Catalhoyuk by Al Altan
You Tube: Catalhoyuk video
Wikipedia: Catalhoyuk

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