Vocabulary
I believe in TWO gods! That's ______________
Polytheism.
This time period began after the Paleolithic Era and means New Stone Age.
What is the Neolithic time period?
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- What is the first thing that happened on this timeline?
Humans use rocks and sticks as tools.
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What percent of your brain is water?
75%
This is Mesopotamia's writing system.
Cuneiform.
During the Neolithic Era, humans learned how to preform ______ which was a MAJOR world turning point for all of humanity.
What is Agriculture?
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- What invention happens most recently on this timeline?
Humans begin riding horses/inventing the wheel.
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What percent of your lungs are water?
90%
I simply can't live too close to the Tigris river! I need to use ___________________
Irrigation
Neolithic people would have used this to allow for larger cities, and safer places to live.
Irrigation!
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How many years difference is there between when humans create pottery to when humans invent the wheel?
4000 years.
What are three negative things that happen to you if you don't get enough water?
Varying answers.
This is the time period known as the Old Stone Age.
Paleolithic
An example of modern irrigation would be:
A) Digging tunnels by hand to your farm to bring water from a river.
B) Using underground tunnels to bring water from the river to your farm.
C) Using hoses and pipes to bring water from a river to your farm.
D) Building your city right next to the river to bring water from the river to the farm.
C) Using hoses and pipes to bring water from a river to your farm.
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- How many years total is there between when the wheel is invented to today?
6024 years.
What would happen if a city did not get enough water? Explain.
What vocabulary word are the two people talking about below?
"Sir! It is I, your good friend, Mr. Solomon! As a Social Studies teacher I am required to give so much work to all my students to make them as unhappy as possible in school! It's the only real job us teachers have! I am simply so mad however as one of my students broke their arm and now they "can't write". This is simply unfair! How am I to make them unhappy if I can't make them write things down?!"
"Ah friend, I, Ms. Wolf, know the answer! It is to force ANOTHER scholar to write FOR them! "
What are three IMPORTANT things the changed when humans went from PALEOLITHIC to NEOLITHIC? (This may require some INFRENCES or EDUCATED guesses.)
1) They now had farms.
2) They had more food (from their farm).
3) They could learn to irrigate their farms (new invention).
4) They could make their farm/homes safer now that they didn't need to live as close to the river.
5) Less animal attacks (if you don't hunt an animal, it won't usually attack.)
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- How many years difference is there between when humans create stone tools to hunt, and when humans create fire?
450,000 years
If a person weighed 192 pounds how much water would they need to drink per day?
12 cups