The time of change approximately 10,000 years ago that saw mankind go from hunting and gathering their food to settling down and using farming as a source of food.
What is The Neolithic Revolution
100
people that move from place to place in search of food
Who are Nomads or Hunter-Gatherers
100
This river runs through Egypt
What is the Nile River
100
Used to build with
What are bricks
100
New techniques and tools used to solve problems that emerge in society
What is improved technology
200
Movement of people or animals from one place to another...Usually involves "push/pull" factors (things that push us to go/pull us to new locations)
What is Migration
200
Taming of plants and animals during the Neolithic Revolution.
What is Domestication
200
These two rivers flow through the Fertile Crescent
What are the Tigris and Euphrates
200
made transporting goods easier
What is the wheel
200
This characteristic of a civilization is used to document tax collection, passage of laws, and the storage of grain
What is Record Keeping
300
F.I.T.T.S. stands for
What is Fertile Soil, Irrigation, Transportation, Trade, Society
300
An event that leads to lasting change.
What is Turning Point
300
Location in the ancient world with the highest concentration of plants and animals that could be domesticated
What is the Fertile Crescent
300
Made farming easier by knowing when to plant, and when to harvest.
What is the calendar
300
An abundant food supply allows people to do jobs other than farming
What is specialized workers
400
Belief in more than one god. Many gods.
What is Polytheistic
400
First written down law-code; "eye for an eye"
What is Hammurabi's code
400
Mesopotamia, Nile, Indus Valley, China...Settle in these locations due to Fertile Soil that allows farming societies to flourish.
What is River Valley Civilizations
400
Hammurabi's code is an example of...
What is Law Code
400
Farmers, Merchants, and traders bringing goods to the market is an aspect of this characteristic of a civilization
What is Advanced Cities
500
Movement/spread of goods and ideas from one area to another. Can be via trade, conquest, etc...
What is Cultural Diffusion
500
Usually rural and farm based. Bartering and trading usually involved, along with traditions and customs of the people.
What is Traditional Economy
500
Name two modern day countries that make up the Fertile Crescent
What is Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Cyprus, and Egypt
500
In Mesopotamia what did scribes do
What is Writing
500
The Ziggurat of Ur is an example of this civilization characteristic