Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia was located between two what?
Rivers
Name four of the domesticated animals in the Middle East.
goats, cows, sheep, pigs, horses, donkeys, camels, water buffalo, reindeer, yaks
What civilization did we learn about that was wiped out because they didn't have horse military power? (Hint: They built Machu Pichu.)
Inca
Name two of the earliest "cereal" crops.
Wheat, barley, oats, rye
There is no biological basis for what?
Race
What was another source of fresh water?
Melted snow from the mountains.
What was the only domesticated animal in ancient South America?
Llama
Horses are a part of an order of animals that all have what?
Hooves
This crop was not easily domesicated in the Americas.
Corn
This substance in skin affects color/shade.
Melanin
What is the system of watering crops that was developed in Mesopotamia?
Irrigation
Name two characteristics that an animal needed to be domesticated.
social, living in packs/herds, ability to reproduce in captivity
Name two of the three horse accessories that were developed that helped give military power.
Stirrups, saddles, chariots
What is it called when you have more food that you need?
Surplus
Peoples who developed near this imaginary line across the globe had darker skin colors.
Equator
Name one of the two rivers that helped establish Mesopotamia.
Tigris or Euphrates
Name three ways domesticated animals were used.
Clothing, farming, food, military
Name three diseases that were major killers in early civilizations.
Smallpox, tuberculosis, flu, malaria, plague, measles, cholera
Having enough food freed people up to do what other activites (name two).
Art, develop skilled jobs, build language, build structures/cities
All humans can trace their ancestry to Mitochondrial who?
Eve
Fertile
Which North American animal was very populous but could not be domesticated?
Bison
What percentage of Native Americans are believed to have been killed by European disease?
90-95%
Name two reasons corn was difficult to domesticate.
Seeds needed to be carefully planted, kernels were hard to scrape off, ears were very small.
The agricultural revolution occurred about how many thousand years ago?
12