Paleolithic Era
This term describes early humans who moved constantly in search of food, relying on foraging, hunting, fishing, and trapping rather than controlling their food supply.
What is a nomad (or food-gathering society)?
Agriculture
The practice of producing crops, and raising livestock
This momentous "first economic revolution" marked the shift from food gathering to food producing (farming and herding).
What is the Neolithic Revolution (or the first economic revolution / shift from food-gathering to food-producing
This geographical feature was vital because early civilizations depended on its plentiful water supply and fertile land.
What is a river valley (or plentiful water supply and fertile land)?
A diary written by a survivor of a historical event or a firsthand account is classified as this type of source.
What is a Primary source
According to human migration maps and theories of early human origins, this continent is where the first humans appeared.
What is Africa
Migration
The movement of people, animals, from one place to another, often over long distances or across borders
This is the practice of taming and breeding plants and animals for human use.
What is domestication (plant and animal domestication)?
Name two of the major river valleys where early civilizations emerged.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys, Nile River Valley, Indus River Valley, or Huang He (Yellow) River Valley?
A textbook, encyclopedia article, or modern historical novel about the past is considered this type of source.
What is a secondary source
During the Paleolithic Era, humans were entirely dependent doing this on this to keep from starving.
(foraging, hunting, fishing, and trapping)?
Historical context
Historical context is the social, political, cultural, economic, and environmental background that shapes and influences past events, texts, or ideas
To increase food supply in arid or dry regions, Neolithic communities developed these watering methods.
What are irrigation systems?
This acronym (or set of features) describes the core components of a complex society, including central governments, job specialization, and social classes.
What is GRAPE (Central Governments, Organized Religion, Social Classes, Art/Architecture, Cities, Public Works, Writing Systems, Job Specialization)?
When analyzing primary source evidence, a historian should always take into account different versions of this.
Different points of view
This term describes the movement of people from one place to another over thousands of years as they populated the globe.
What is migration?
List three Geographic features
Mountains, rivers, lakes, oceans, volcano, plains, desert, etc..
List one major pro (benefit) and one major con (drawback) of transitioning to a Neolithic lifestyle.
Pro: What is a regular food supply, permanent housing, surplus food, or less risk of starvation?
Con: What is overpopulation, deforestation, erosion, disease, diminished nutrition, cavities, or physical labor?
Explain why the development of a surplus food supply led directly to the rise of permanent settlements and civilization features.
Why did surplus food lead to civilization? Because having extra food allowed people to settle in one place permanently, free up time for different jobs (job specialization), and build complex societies with governments and social classes.
This term describes a major, significant shift in history—such as the transition from the Paleolithic Age to the Neolithic Age.
What is a turning point
This key control and discovery allowed early humans to cook food, stay warm, and protect themselves from predators.
What is fire?
Cultural diffusion
The spread of cultural beliefs and social activities from one group to another
The growth of permanent farming villages eventually led to the creation of these specialized items made from metal, pottery, and woven cloth.
What are surplus goods, crafts, or specialized tools?
This specific feature of civilization was used by rulers and governments to keep records, track trade, and codify laws.
What is a writing system? Scribes?
When a historian analyzes the personal background, beliefs, or financial motivations of an author, they are evaluating this potential skew in a source.
What is bias?