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Key terms
Multiple choice
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What is prehistory?
The period of time before written records.
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When did farming start?
In the new stone age
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Why was bronze more useful than copper?
Bronze was more useful than copper because it was harder and more durable, and thus could be used to make longer-lasting items.
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What is Geography?
The study of Earth´s surface and the process that shape it.
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What is surplus?
Surplus is having more than you need.
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Who are Archeologist, and what do they do?
Archeologist are scientist who examine objects to learn about the past peoples and cultures.
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What did early hominids learn in between 1,400,000and 500,000 years?
They learned how to make fire
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Why do some people think that the wheel was one of the most important inventions in history?
The wheel was important because it helped to improve trade and transportation. Today it is used in all kinds of transportation, such as bicycles, cars, trucks, trains, and even airplanes.
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What is Stone Age?
A period of time during which hominids made lasting tools and weapons mainly from stone, the earliest known period ‘of prehistoric culture.
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What is Social Class?
A group of people with similar backgrounds , incomes, and ways of living.
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What is history?
History is the events that happened in the past but written.
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Why were some places better for planting than others?
Some places were better because the soil is better and also the temperature.
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By what date had the population reached more than 6 billion?
A.D. 2000
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What is Civilization?
A society with cities, a central government,job specialization, and social classes
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What discovery did South west Asia people discovered 11,000 years ago?
They discovered that if you planted seeds of wild grasses , new crops of grasses would come up.
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What happened in 4000 B.C?
What happened in 4000 B.C? It was the first metal that was called copper.
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What are pastoral nomads?
Pastoral nomads are people that raise their own livestock and traveled place to place to find grazing areas for their animals.
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Describe how the earliest cities were different than villages.
Some ways that early cities were different than from villages are: • they were larger • they had large public buildings o to store grain o for the worship of gods o to buy and sell goods • they had more variety of occupations (not just farming) o as new skills developed so did new occupations
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What is Irrigation?
Supplying land with water through a network of canals
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Describe the social structure of early large cities.
• Kings o Priests o Nobles (government officials and military officers) Artisans, small traders, and merchants • Common workers and farmers o Slaves
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What did the South west Asia and in africa developed about 5,000 years Ago?
They developed system of writing.
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Where did the early hominids leave their original home?
Hominids left their original home is Africa
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Along which rivers, and in what countries did some of earliest cities grow?
• the Nile River in Egypt • the Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq • the Huang River in China • the Indus in Pakistan
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What is Hominid?
A modern human or a member of an earlier group that may have included ancestors or relatives of modern humans.
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Who and were the people that found iceman and what year?
They were two hiders, and discovered in 1991.
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