Vocabulary
Farming
Geography
Neolithic Revolution
Etc.
100
To have more than what is needed
What is a surplus?
100
Along with barley, this grass was one of the first domesticated plants.
What is wheat?
100
The fertile region in southwest Asia where civilization began
What is the Fertile Crescent?
100
These were dug to bring water to the fields
What are canals?
100
Two products that domesticated animals gave.
What are milk, wool, leather, power, meat, etc.?
200
Changing plants and animals to make them more useful
What is domestication?
200
To control floods and to bring water to crops, this process was invented
What is irrigation?
200
The two main rivers of Mesopotamia`
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
200
Sheep, dogs, goats, and cattle were _________ during the Neolithic Revolution
What is domesticated?
200
Two benefits of food surpluses
What are division of labor, extra food for bad times, growth of population, technology, etc.?
300
Another name for farming
What is agriculture?
300
Picking the best plants and saving their seeds for next year's planting.
What is cultivation?
300
Land Between the Rivers
What is what Mesopotamia means?
300
Most people still did this profession
What is farming?
300
Name three accomplishments by early man in the Neolithic Revolution
What are making fire, domesticating animals, agriculture, first cities, civilization, etc.?
400
When each person has a specific, specialized job
What is division of labor?
400
Rich fertile soil and small bits of stone brought by floods.
What is silt?
400
Southern Mesopotamia was a ________, which made it ideal for farming.
What is a plain?
400
Giant stones used for religious ceremonies and monuments
What are megaliths?
400
Two new jobs of a division of labor
What is a potter, tool maker, priests, soldiers, etc.?
500
The New Stone Age
What is Neolithic Era?
500
Most farms were near these because plants grew well in that area
What are rivers?
500
Where the Fertile Crescent is located.
What is southwest Asia?
500
Humans were able to make this on their own rather than wait for nature to create it.
What is fire?
500
Name two structures of a civilization.
What are common culture, belief system, government, etc.?
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