Pre-History
The ways in which humans express themselves through things such as beliefs, languages, customs and arts.
What is culture?
This is a person who studies written records of the past.
What is a historian?
An ancient city that was more like a small independent country which had its own laws and form of government.
What is a city-state?
The New Stone Age (Neolithic) began when early people learned to
What is to farm?
Farming makes this possible; Makes large populations possible.
What is a stable food supply?
This person would study diaries and letters
What is a historian?
Mesopotamia was located in an area also known as
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The time period prior to 3500 B.C.E. and before people developed writing.
What is prehistory?
A prehistoric object is something that comes from
What is the time before writing?
This person would study and dig for historical artifacts.
What is an archaeologist?
Important early invention that most people use everyday; Helps people and stuff move easily.
What is the wheel?
This evidence shows that Sumerians lived after the Stone Age
What is metal?
Stable food supply, government, social structure, art, religion, writing and technology.
What are characteristics of civilization?
This person would study the natural features of the Earth, such as water, landforms, plants, and animals.
What is a geographer?
In Sumer, the king was believed to be chosen by
What is the gods?
It ended the wandering lifestyle and led to the creation of civilizations.
What is the agricultural/farming?
This allowed people to make use of more resources. It also brought them into contact with people from distant places. These contacts helped spread ideas and knowledge around the ancient world.
What is trade?
This person is would study the origins and development of early humans.
What is a paleoanthropologist?
Scribes in Sumer were in charge of this
What is recording laws/events?
Led to the ready supply of meat and animal products for early humans.
What is the result of the domestication of animals?