Timelines
Agriculture
Early Humans
GRAPES
Vocabulary
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D
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What happened during the agricultural revolution?
Humans stropped hunting and gathering and began farming.
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How did early humans find food.
Hunting and gathering
100
Why was a food surplus important to a civilization?
It allowed them to have a larger population in one place.
100
Define prehistory
The time before writing was invented
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B
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Creating a food surplus allowed what to happen?
A larger population
200
What type of tools and weapons did early humans use?
clubs, axes made of stone, spears, fish hooks
200
Why was government important to a civilization?
It allowed them to organize their cities and military.
200
Describe the life of a nomad.
Groups who moved from place to place to find food.
300
What is another way to write BC without religious reference.
BCE
300
With a larger population not everyone has to be a farmer. This is called...
Job/Labor Specialization
300
Give 2 reasons why fire was an important achievement for early humans
-Cooking food-protection-light-warmth
300
Why was a written language important to a civilization?
It allowed them to keep records and create laws.
300
Why was domestication important to early humans?
Animals worked in the fields which allowed them to produce more food.
400
How many years are in a decade? Give an example.
10 years
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400
Why was job specialization able to happen during the agricultural revolution? Give 1 example.
The population grew and not everyone had to be a farmer: making tools and weapons, fishing, making clothes, etc...
400
Why did early humans not create permanent shelters?
They were constantly moving to find more food sources.
400
List the 6 GRAPES.
Goegraphy
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economics
Society/Social Structure
400
Describe a barter economy.
People trade goods and services.
500
How many years are in a century? Give an example.
100 years
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500
Describe the chain of events that led to the creation of permanent settlements.
agriculture-food surplus-larger population-job specialization-barter economy-permanent settlements
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When early humans finally began to create permanent villages where did they settle?
Near rivers, river valleys
500
Why do we learn about GRAPES?
A. To identify common characteristics in civilizations.
B. To learn about healthy foods
C. To prove that prehistoric people existed
A. To identify common characteristics in civilizations.
500
Define geography and give 2 examples.
The study of Earth's surface.
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