Chapter 1
What is Social Studies?
The study of how things are connected
What is the earliest era?
Pre-history
What is irrigation?
The process of adding water to fields
What are the aspects of a civilization?
Cities, government and law, system of writing, specialization, social system complex technology, and organized religion
Are empires bigger or smaller than civilizations?
Bigger
What is a primary source?
Primary sources are from actual events or people there
Why would humans migrate to the United States?
Climate, health care, peace, education, money, food, and jobs
What did many early civilizations rely on?
Flooding rivers
What are the 4 earliest civilizations?
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley (India), and China
What is the major trade route going across multiple empires?
The Silk Road
What is a secondary source?
Details recorded after an event happens
What is a fossil?
The remains or living things
What is an artifact?
The remains of things that were made
Where are the Akkadians from?
Mesopotamia
How are empires governed? (hint: pyramid)
Social hierarchy
What are the 5 Ws?
Who, what, where, when, and why
Who were the first people to adapt to their environment? (how did they get food and resources)
Hunters and gatherers
What are pastoralists?
People who adapt to their harsh conditions
Nefertiti was the female ruler of what civilization?
Egypt
What are the 5 major empires?
Greek, Roman, Persian (Achaemenid), China (Han Dynasty), and India (Mauryan)
What does it mean to think like a historian?
To ask questions so you can understand more about whatever you are investigating
What is nomadic?
Moving from place to place finding food, water, and shelters
What is one of the first towns?
a. Constantinople
b. Catal Huyuk
c. Philadelphia
b. Catal Huyuk
What civilization developed the system of feudalism?
China
Why would empires collapse? (hint: what type of factors/causes)
Internal and external causes