Location: Modern ________; founded about 7400 BCE.
Turkey
Location: Northern ______ near the Huang and Wei Rivers.
China
Location: Developed in_____.
Egypt
Location: Mexico and ______ America
Central
Size: Population reached about________.
10,000
Culture: Part of the _______ culture.
Yangshao
Migration: People left the drying _______.
Sahara
Before farming: Small _____ groups hunted and gathered.
Nomadic
Crops: _______ and wheat.
Barley
Crops: ______, silk, and hemp.
millet
Climate: Grassland became a ________.
Desert
Settlement: Farming encouraged ________ homes.
permanent
Food: Raised sheep, goats, cattle; also hunted and _______.
Fished
Animals: Pigs, chickens, and _____.
dogs
Site: _________ was Egypt's earliest farming village.
Faiyum
Evidence: Oaxaca and the _______ Valley.
Tehuacan
Homes: Mud-brick houses; no _______.
Streets
Homes: Sometimes rebuilt when the _____ was exhausted.
soil
Crops: Wheat and ________.
barley
Crop: _____, also called corn.
Maize
Design: Entered through the _______.
Family: ______ clans traced lines through mothers.
Matrilineal
Spread: Farming arrived through cultural ________.
diffusion
Origin: Maize came from wild ________.
Teosinte
Art: Murals, clay figures, and bulls' heads suggest _______.
Rituals
Art: Pottery had ______ designs.
geometric
Animals: Sheep and _____ came from elsewhere.
pigs
Selection: Produced larger, softer _____.
Kernels
Burials: Dead buried beneath______.
Homes
Burials: Grave _____ suggest an afterlife.
goods
Evidence: Storage pits and farming _______ at Faiyum.
tools
Food: Maize became flour, bread, and other _____.
Food
Technology: Lead and copper show early ________.
Metallurgy
Longshan: Jade, copper, and _____ pottery.
black
Path: Migration plus ideas from ______ cultures.
other
Path: Local domestication of _____.
Maize
Economy: Surplus supported a settled ________.
Community
Economy: Longshan developed ____ networks.
trade
Concept: Strong example of cultural _______.
diffusion
Spread: By 2000 BCE maize farming spread ____.
Widely