Early Farming
Complex Communities
Early Humans
Misc.
Misc.
100
when someone has more than what they needed to survive.
What is a surplus?
100
They hunted animals and gathered plants for food.
What is a hunter-gatherer
100
It improved their lives by making it easier to do things.
What is the importance of technology to early humans?
100
larger population, government, public buildings, specialized workers, social classes, trade.
What is an example of a characteristic of a complex village?
200
They cut and then burned trees and brush to clear land for crops.
What is Slash- and- burn?
200
a way of creating order and providing leadership.
What is government?
200
The act of moving from one place to settle in another.
What is migration?
200
They had to clear the land in order to farm (slash and burn). They also used irrigation to move water to their farm lands.
How did environmental conditions influence the locations of early farms?
200
potters, weavers
What is an example of a specialization?
300
When humans learned to grow and tend grasses and animals.
What is domestication?
300
a group of people with similar customs, background, training and income, such as farmers, craftspeople, priests and rulers
What is a social class?
300
People who move from place to place.
What is a nomad?
300
Larger population, greater supply of skills, ideas and needs
How did village life change as they became larger?
300
fire, ax, digging tool, etc
What were some tools early humans made?
400
The watering of crops.
What is irrigation?
400
a skill in one kind of work.
What is a specialization?
400
They hunted the animals and gathered the plants.
How did hunter- gatherers interact with their environment?
400
Government began, public buildings were built, social classes formed, trade happened, specialization workers began
What were some changes that happened from the switch from nomadic life to a settled way of life?
400
Shift from hunting-and- gathering to farming.
What is the agricultural revolution?
500
planting seeds to raise crops.
What is agriculture?
500
People trained in skills or crafts.
What is an artisan?
500
Early human's beliefs.
What did early cave art show?
500
Reliable source of food and fur for clothing.
What is the importance of domesticated animals?
500
art, language, and religion
Name something that separates humans from other animals
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