Vocabulary Terms
What is Social Stratification?
Division of society into classes based on jobs, wealth or power
Why was fire important for paleolithic humans?
Helped them keep warm, cook food, and also led to the development of community
What is the main difference between the Neolithic way of life and the Paleolithic way of life.
Neolithic people farmed for their food, while Paleolithic people were hunter-gatherers.
Why does irrigation lead to social stratification?
- wealth is required to build irrigation systems. This leads to wealthy people in a society having more power, because people depend on them for their water source.
A way of life that depends on herding livestock like camel and cattle
Pastoralism
What is specialization?
Why did early humans leave Africa?
Climate and environmental changes. Drought specifically
What are some of the major effects of the Neolithic Revolution?
The development of civilization, population increases, more diseases, social inequality, less nutrition in food.
Why were irrigation systems created?
To help farmers grow crops and support civilizations.
What are two ways that pastoralists impact sedentary communities.
1) trade and 2) pastoralists are a threat to sedentary communities
What is collective learning?
The ability for humans to share knowledge & pass knowledge down through generations
Why was language important for early humans?
To share ideas and to interact socially
What are two advantages agriculture has compared to other methods of obtaining food?
Agriculture can support larger populations
Agriculture can provide a stable supply of food that complex, settled societies relied upon.
What is a sedentary society?
A society that is settled in one area. The people who live there don't move around often.
What parts of the world do pastoralists live in?
Deserts / grasslands. Africa, Central Eurasia, Arabian Peninsula.
How did the development of agriculture lead to complex civilizations?
Surplus -> Specialization -> Trade -> Complex societies
And
Agriculture allowed people to stay in one place, which lead to the development of cities.
Agriculture can support larger populations
Agriculture can provide a stable supply of food that complex, settled societies relied upon.