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Which abbreviations of time identifies a period of history before humans recorded dates, times, and history? (hint: choose 2)
CE
AD
BC
C
BCE
BC or BCE
the taming of plants or animals
What is domestication?
Early civilizations developed near these.
rivers or river valleys
A period of 10 years
What is a decade?
a person that moves from place to place in search of food
What is a nomad?
A person's unique way of life is called one's ____________.
Culture
The most common form of expression in early hunter-gatherer groups.
What is art?
a strip of land connecting two continents
What is a land bridge?
the shift from food gathering to food producing
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
The meaning of C.E.
What is common era?
hunter-gatherer groups used these kinds of tools
What are stone tools?
This provided some structure to society - the belief in higher beings, gods, or a god is called _______________
religion
Early humans ability to control this substance allowed them to have light, as well as provided protection from wild animals.
What is fire?
Land bridges allowed people to migrate between these two continents.
What are Asia and North America?
Once early civilizations developed, this group of people made up the middle class in early civilization social structures.
Who are farmers?
a term used signify an approximate date
What is circa?
Food surplus lead the humans doing jobs that were a result of their talents. What was this called?
specialized labor or specialized jobs
This characteristic of civilizations provided law and order
Governments
What time designation/abbreviation replaced BC?
BCE
Tools and weapons made from this type of metal were strong and made farming easier.
What is bronze?
more specialization of labor led to an increase in this act
What is trade (or bartering)?
How did the Agricultural Revolution affect human populations?
What is they increased?
The development of agriculture allowed hunter-gatherer groups to form these types of settlements.
What is set up permanent settlements?
Civilizations depend on this to adapt to their environments and make their lives/jobs easier
technology
What time designation/abbreviation replaced AD?
CE or common era
The development of this allowed hunter-gatherer groups to stop moving from place to place and set up permanent settlements.
agriculture (farming)
the main reason early civilizations developed governments
To protect themselves and what they had (create law and order)
the translation of anno domini
What is "in the year of our Lord?"
This major climatic change forced early humans to move to new environments.
What is the ice age?
Civilizations were organized based on class and profession using ___________
social structure