Latitude and Longitude
What are the names of the two lines that determine any location on Earth?
Latitude and Longitude Lines
What term means a period of 10 years?
A Decade
What term descirbes a person who hunted and gathered?
Hunter-gatherer
What is one difference between Paleolithic people and Neolithic People
Paleo: Hunted and gathered, stone tools, small groups, technology = fire
Neolithic = Farming, metal tools, small societies, domesitcation
Where was Mesopotamia located?
Fertile Crescent/ Present-day Iraq
What is the name of the line at 00 Latitude?
The Equator
How many years are in a Millennium?
1,000 Years
What material did Paleolithic people use for tools?
Stone, Bones, Wood
What is domestication?
The ability to tame wild animals and plants for the benefit of human use
What are the names of the two rivers that Mesopotmia was next two?
Tigris and Euphrates
Which directions do latitude lines run? Which directions do longitude lines run?
Latitude =East to West and Longitude = North to South
What is the defintion of an era?
A long period of time
How did early humans adapt to the Ice Age?
They use animal fur to make clothing
How did agriculture/farming impact human socities?
What is one major achievemnt of Mesopotamia?
The wheel, Writing, irrigation, Calendar, and Math
What is the name of the line at 00 Longitude?
The Prime Meridian
How does using timelines help us study history?
They help us know which events come first in time
What invention/discovery led to early humans to settle in one place?
The discovery of farming
What was the first metal commonly used by Neolithic people?
Copper
What two groups of people were part of the upper class in Mesopotamia
Kings and Priests
What is the name for the numbers when latitude and longitude lines intersect?
Coordinates
What is the difference between BC and CE?
BC stands for Before Christ and CE stands for Common Era. BC comes before CE.
What role did fire play for early humans?
Fire provided warmth, light, and a way to cook food
Where did early settlements typically settled?
Near water and fertile soil
What does the word Polythesitc mean?