Paleolithic and Neolithic
Paleolithic people got their food by doing these two things.
Hunting and gathering
A complex society with cities, government, writing, specialized jobs, and social classes.
Civilization
Ancient Egypt developed along this river, whose yearly floods left rich soil.
The Nile
Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers." Name the two rivers.
The Tigris and Euphrates
This Chinese river is also called the Yellow River.
The Huang He
Taming plants and animals for human use is called this.
Domestication
This type of natural disaster was either seen as a gift or a curse.
River Floods
Egyptian rulers who were seen as gods were called this.
Pharaohs
This wedge-shaped writing system was created by the Sumerians.
Cuneiform
A series of rulers from the same family is called this.
A dynasty
Learning to control this let early humans cook food, stay warm, and scare off predators.
Fire
Farming let people stop moving and build these permanent communities.
Settlements (villages)
This Egyptian writing system used pictures and symbols.
Hieroglyphics
This Babylonian king created one of the first written law codes.
Hammurabi
The Indus River Valley civilization grew along this river in South Asia.
The Indus River
Describe the difference between Pelolithic Era and Neolithic Era.
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This was a "gift" brought by all the rivers in which early humans settled next too, great for farming
Silt
Egyptians preserved bodies for the afterlife using this process.
Mummification
This curved region of fertile land in the Middle East is where Mesopotamia developed.
The Fertile Crescent
This planned Indus Valley city had grid streets and drainage systems.
Mohenjo-Daro
Extra food (a surplus) let some people become potters, weavers, or toolmakers instead of farmers. This is called this.
Specialization of labor (Job Specialization)
What is a City-State
A city-state is an independent, self-governing political unit that consists of a single city and its surrounding agricultural territories or dependent lands
Egyptians made a paper-like writing material from this reed plant.
Papyrus
These huge, stepped temples stood at the center of Sumerian city-states.
Ziggurats
These giant rain and wind storms caused ubelievable flooding, destroying a lot of crops and farms.
Monsoon