Mesopotamia
Farming/Animals
People
Trade
Hodge Podge
100
Early hunters and gatherers had to cooperate to
Better meet the band's needs for food, clothing and shelter
100
Why was specialization of tasks important to larger bands?
It allowed band members to work more efficiently
100
Farmers traded food for this rock.
obsidian
100
An object made and used by people is called a/an
Artifact
100
No longer alive
What is EXTINCT
200
A social system with a reliable food source, established laws, customs and job specialization
What is COMPLEX SOCIETY
200
How did the domestication of plants change the way people lived?
People began to settle in one place
200
An oasis is
A place in the desert with a dependable supply of water.
200
To tame plants and animals for human use is to
Domesticate
200
Time Before the Birth of Christ
What is B.C.
300
The movement of early people in search if food resulted in
The spread of people to almost every part of the earth
300
Two of the first domesticated crops were
Barley and wheat
300
What is a ziggurat?
A stepped building similar to a pyramid.
300
Volcanic black rock, used by ancient people to make tools
What is OBSIDIAN
300
Time after the birth of Christ
What is A.D.
400
To prepare/use soil to grow crops
What is CULTIVATE
400
What were the advantages of agriculture?
People invented new tools. More food was grown.
400
The raising of plants for people to use is called
agriculture
400
To work at only one kind of job
What is SPECIALIZE
400
Along period of time when little or no rail falls.
What is DROUGHT
500
A society with developed forms of religion, ways of governing and centers of learning.
What is CIVILIZATION
500
The earliest farming villages developed in an area known as
The fertile crescent
500
The use of knowledge to make the work of everyday life easier is called
Technology
500
The use of skills/knowledge to make work in everyday life easier.
What is TECHNOLOGY
500
A stepped building similar to a pyramid
What is ZIGGURAT
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