This discovery assisted early man in hunting, keeping warm, protection from preadators and cooking food.
What is fire.
100
This is why agricultural groups could be larger than hunter/ gatherer groups.
What is more food was produced.
100
Which part of the world were Mesopotamia and Egypt located?
What is the Middle East and North Africa?
100
This is where writing was first developed.
What is Sumer (or Mesopotamia)?
100
This was the oldest surviving monotheistic religion.
What is Judaism?
200
Anatomically modern humans first evolved here and then spread to almost every corner of the planet.
What is Africa.
200
Because not everybody had to work to get food for an agricultural community some people were free to do this.
What is art, religion, military, politics, construction, science, etc. (I'll take any of those as long as you named two).
200
Where were the Shang rulers from?
What is China.
200
This Civilization is famous for being the earliest use of plumbing and drainage systems.
What is Harrapan or Mohennjo-Daren?
200
Rulers of river valley civilizations kept their power by using one or both of these.
What are divine kingship and military control?
300
"Paleo-lithic" and "Neo-lithic" both refer to the tools used by early man- what were they made of?
What is stone?
300
One of the negative aspects of agricultural is that it led to less __________________ for all people.
What is equality.
300
Where were Mohenjo-Daro and Harrapa?
What is India.
300
The oldest known law code and the oldest literature both come from this society.
What is Babylon (or Mesopotamia).
300
Define "state".
What is a system of rule that mobilizes surplus labor and resources over large areas.
400
In general people who forage and hunt move around a lot to find enough food to feed their communities- about how many people can live together under this economic model?
What is 30-60 (anywhere in that range is fine).
400
Although agriculture provided more food overall, there was less _________ in the diets of agricultural groups than foraging/ hunting groups.
What is meat, vegetables, or variety.
400
Which part of the world were the Olmec and Chavin societies located.
What is the Americas (or some similar answer).
400
Which two civilizations are famous for using iron?
What are the Hittites and the Chinese?
400
Which ancient monotheistic religion involves fire?
What is Zoroastrianism?
500
What is another term for the "Neolithic Revolution"?
What is the "Agricultural Revolution".
500
With the rise of agriculture came the idea of men/ fathers being in control of society- this is called _______________.
What is patriarchy.
500
Civilization is defined as ____________________________.
What is the most "advanced" stage of development of human society- cities and writing.
500
Ziggurats, Pyramids, giant stone heads and the great bath at Mohenjo Daro are all examples of this.
What is monumental architecture.
500
Define empire.
What is a state that has expanded to control its own territory as well as control or influence the territory of neighbouring groups of people.