Climate and Environment
Hunter-Gatherers
Neolithic Revolution (Agricultural Revolution)
Importance of Rivers
Primary and Secondary Sources
100
Fresh Water
What is the most important resource?
100
Hunters-gatherers who moved from place to place
What is a nomad?
100
farming
What is agriculture?
100
fresh water to drink and to use for farming
What do rivers provide?
100
a source created by someone who was really there for a historical event
What is a primary resource?
200
Fertile soil, flat land, and a mild climate
What are three important resources besides fresh water?
200
Something that is easy to take down and put up
What does "temporary shelter" mean?
200
to tame and use livestock
What is domestication?
200
transportation, travel and to communicate with other groups of people
How did early civilizations use rivers?
200
diary, letter, speech, photo, artifact, old books, old newspapers, autobiographies
What is an example of a primary source?
300
Mountains, deserts, coasts, and rivers
Which geographical features can offer protection from enemies?
300
to move
What does "migrate" mean?
300
to grow crops
What is cultivation?
300
it led to soil fertilization which was great for the soil
Why did early people want rivers to flood?
300
a source that was written later and is meant to inform us about an event
What is a secondary resource?
400
to farm in mountains
Where would you use terrace farming?
400
Bones and stones
What did hunter-gatherers use to make tools?
400
they were able to stay in one place, and they knew where their next meal would come from
Why was the agricultural life safer and more stable?
400
what was left behind after rivers flooded; fertilized the soil
What is silt?
400
textbook, newspaper, book from today, web page
What is an example of a secondary resource?
500
To farm in a forest
Where would you use slash and burn farming?
500
to follow their food supply
Whydid hunter-gatherers migrate?
500
More food than what is needed. Because they had extra they could profit from it
What is a surplus? How did it lead to trade?
500
moves water from rivers into farmland
What does irrigation do?
500
we can learn more about what really happened
Why are primary sources better for research?
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