Emergence of Civilization
What is the 1st major theme of Geography?
Location
What does BCE stand for?
Before Common Era
What is the first characteristic?
Surplus of food
Definition of Barter Economy
Trading goods or services for something you need
What was the name of the river in Egypt?
The Nile River Valley
What is the second theme of Geography?
Place
Definition of Paleolithic
Known as the Old Stone Age
Period of prehistory that begins with the development of stone tools.
What is the second characteristic?
Complex Institutions
What was there religion?
Believed in nature, and believed that there were many god and goddesses over certain things.
What is the settlement that is home the Tigris and Euphrates River?
Mesopotamia
What is the third theme of Geography?
Human Environment Interaction
What does AD stand for?
Anno Domino
What is the third characteristic?
Division of Labor
What was a no-mad?
A group or person who was always moving, most likely hunter-gatherers.
What is the settlement that is home to the Huang River Valley?
China
What is the fourth theme of Geography?
Movement
Definition of Mesolithic
Stated the domestication of animals, mainly dogs
Developed bows and arrows, fish hooks, fish spear,s and harpoons.
Were hunter-gatherers
What is the fourth characteristic?
Writing
What was a scribe?
Someone who wrote down everything that happened in there civilization, most likely the only one who could read/write and was extremely rich.
What was the name of the River in India?
Indus River Valley
What is the fifth theme of Geography?
Regions
Definition of Neolithic
Learned how to chip stone to produce a point
Started living in settlements, and discovered farming
What is the fifth characteristic?
Calendar
What would people do to the god/goddesses to give thanks?
Offer sacrifices, would drop down to pray all the time
What was something that made all of these permanent settlements similar?
They were all by a river