Paleolithic
During the Paleolithic Era the primary tool was
Stone
What is 1 characteristic of the Neolithic Era?
Larger groups
Sedentary or Stationary
Farmers
Creator of cities
Greedier
Developed Social Classes
Read the question first
Mesopotamia's writing system was known as
Cuneiform
Egypt was near which river?
Nile River
Describe the size of Paleolithic groups. Were they small, medium, or large?
They were fairly small groups who traveled together
Farmers domesticated animals
Is this a strong cause-and-effect sentence starter? Yes or No!
Sentence Starter: The Egyptians were able to manage the Nile River with strong engineering and organized governments.
The answer is in the text
Mesopotamia was established between what 2 rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
What did Egyptians believe they should do in order to keep the Nile River under control?
Appease the gods
Please the gods
Obey the gods
What primary lifestyle change marked the transition from the Paleolithic Era to the Neolithic Era?
Nomadic hunting and gathering to farming
The Neolithic Era was sparked by
The Agricultural Revolution
If a multiple choice question says, "The cause of the Agricultural Revolution was"? The answer is most likely
Not directly in the text
Outside of the text
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the people turned on King Gilgamesh by
Asking the gods to deal with him
Domestication means to
Train
Tame
How did the flooding patterns of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers differ from those of the Nile River?
The Tigris and Euphrates flooded unpredictably and violently
The Nile River was more manageable and predictable
During the Neolithic Era, what changed for people? (Multiple Answers)
Population Boom
Social Classes
Farming
True or False? An Analysis is a summary of the text
False?
How did the legal code of King Hammurabi handle punishments for crimes committed against different social classes?
Punishments were harsher if the victim was of higher social status
Egalitarian means
Equality
Describe the social statuses in the Paleolithic Era
There really were not many, if at all, social classes.
How did the Neolithic Era impact people's physical health?
The new diet led to health issues
Tooth decay
Diseases from animals
What are the 3 must-have parts of a cause-and-effect paragraph?
Textual Evidence
Analysis
The effect of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is
More advanced engineering
Large food supply
The necessity for laws
Fertile land
People settling in Mesopotamia
What key environmental feature of the Nile River allowed ancient Egyptian farmers to grow abundant crops?
Annual flooding that deposited rich black silt onto the farmland