Time Designations
The term “Common Era” or CE replaced ____________________ as a time designation.
What is AD?
During the Paleolithic Era, communities of nomads engaged in which daily activity?
hunting and gathering
How were goods exchanged during the Agricultural Revolution?
trade
Name all the GRAPES
Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economy
Social Structure
Define Technology
ability gained by the practical use of knowledge
What is a century?
Which task was most likely to have been given to a woman in a hunter-gatherer society?
What is gathering?
How did the development of farming impact civilization?
It led people to settle down and create a food surplus
How did early civilizations support their growing populations?
Define Monarchy
government whose ruler inherits the position from a parent, like a king or queen
a large division of time.
What is an era?
What are the materials that tools are made out of in the Paleolithic Age?
Bone, Stone, Wood
A stable food surplus leads to what 2 consequences?
Domestication and Specialization
How did the need for a system of recordkeeping impact early human civilizations?
Create a system of writing
Define Demand
the amount of something that a consumer wants to buy
AD is an abbreviation for time relative to what event?
Name the 3 major achievements of the Paleolithic Age and one of their consequences.
Fire
Shelter
Tools
What geographical feature do you need to successfully farm?
River
What was the main reason that early civilizations developed political systems?
To provide order
Define Shrine
place where people worship
The term “prehistoric” refers to what time period in global history?
What is the period of time before humans started writing things down?
How did nomadic hunter-gatherers make their way from Africa to North America?
Landbridge
The domestication of plants and animals was a direct result of what major climatic change?
End of Ice Age
How did the development of culture impact early human civilizations?
It allowed them to unify
Define Economy
system of economic life, dealing with making, buying & selling goods or services