Section 1.1-1.2
What is a cultural hearth?
a place where new ideas, practices, and technology began.
What does surplus mean?
extra food was stored for later use or extra crops were stored for later use
What does matrilineal mean?
traced descendants through the mother
What was the name of the world's first temple?
Göbekli Tepe
How many people came together to create the Gobekli Tepe?
500 people
What similar geographic features did cultural hearths share?
mild climates, fertile land, and access to rivers
What does metallurgy mean?
What does metallurgy mean?
What does Mesoamerica mean?
middle America
What is religion?
belief in and worship of gods and goddesses
What was the name of Egypt's earliest farming community called?
Faiyum
Name the four cultural hearths?
Southwest Asia, China, Mesoamerica, and North Africa
What two rivers did the Yangsaho live along?
Huang and Wei River
What was the name of the main plant that was domesticated in Mesoamerica?
corn or maize
What are the five traits of civilization?
cities, complex institutions, specialized workers, record keeping, and improved technology
What is the name of the wild Mexican plant that maize was domesticated from?
Teosinte
Catalhoyuk is in what present day country?
Turkey
What does staple mean?
main crop
What is cultural diffusion?
the process by which cultures interact and spread from one area to another
The first civilizations were born where?
cities
What two areas did archaeologists find prehistoric corncob fragments at?
Oaxaca and the Tehuacan Valley
What is millet?
tiny yellow grain of rice
How did the Yangshao arrange family members when they died?
clans
Faiyum is in what present day country?
Cairo
How tall were the tallest pillars Gobkli Tepe?
the tallest pillars stood as high as 18 feet.
What year did the maize revolution take place?
2000 B.C.