Misc. 1
The first cities grew as farmers began to cultivate more fertile land and produce a surplus of food.
What was the first basic feature of a civilization?
The art and architecture expressed people’s beliefs and values.
What was the sixth basic feature of a civilization?
People began to depend on fish.
What did people eat when the Ice Age ended in the Neolithic Age?
Fossils are hardened remains (bones) and imprints of living things that once existed long ago.
What are fossils?
Ancient rulers conquered more territories beyond their cities as the gained more power.
What led to the creation of a city-state?
There were organized governments that became more complex overtime.
What was the second basic feature of a civilization?
They had public works, which included irrigation, roads, and bridges.
What was the seventh basic feature of a civilization?
Hunter-gatherers began to learn how to farm.
What did hunter-gatherers learn to do during the Neolithic Age?
Artifacts included pottery, tools, and weapons.
What kind of artifacts were found by archaeologists?
An empire is when one ruler controls a group of territories.
What is an empire?
Many ancient people believed in polytheistic, but they had complex cultures.
What was the third basic feature of a civilization?
They created a form of writing, pictograms, and learned to read. It were only available to scribes or specially trained people as time went on.
What was the eighth basic feature of a civilization?
They started to domesticate plants and animals to produce more food.
Besides animals, what else did they domesticate?
Hunter-gatherers were able to hunt larger animals with sharper weapons, such as arrows and spears.
What were hunter-gatherers able to hunt with sharper weapons?
Cultural diffusion took place as civilizations spread.
What took place as civilizations spread?
People specialized in one job. They could be carpenters, artisans, or other things.
What was the fourth basic feature of a civilization?
They learned to domesticate wolves.
What was one of the animals hunter-gatherers domesticated in the Neolithic Age?
The Bronze Stage began.
What stage began in the Neolithic Age?
People learned to use fire 800,000 years ago.
How many years ago did we learn to use fire?
Sumerians learned to write to keep track of trade.
Why did Sumerians learn to write?
There were social classes. Priests and rulers were the highest, then farmers, merchants, and artisans. Slaves were at the bottom of the pyramid.
What was the fifth basic feature of a civilization?
More efficient metal tools were developed.
What type of tools were developed in the Neolithic Age?
Humans lived as hunter-gatherers and kept moving from one area to another.
How did humans live during the Paleolithic Age?
A band included 10-12 adults and their children.
What did a typical band include?
The Sumerian number system was based on 60.
What was the Sumerian number system?