Category 1
What is a cultural hearth?
a place where new ideas, practices, and technology began.
What similar geographic features did cultural hearths share?
mild climates, fertile land, and access to rivers
Name the four cultural hearths?
Southwest Asia, China, Mesoamerica, and North Africa
Catalhoyuk is in what present day country?
Turkey
What does surplus mean?
extra food was stored for later use/extra crops were stored for later use
What does metallurgy mean?
metalworking
What is millet?
tiny yellow grain of rice
What two rivers did the Yangsaho live along?
Huang and Wei River
What does staple mean?
main crop
How did the Yangshao arrange family members when they died?
clans
What does matrilineal mean?
traced descendants through the mother
What does Mesoamerica mean?
middle America
What was the name of the main plant that was domesticated in Mesoamerica?
corn or maize
What is cultural diffusion?
the process by which cultures interact and spread from one area to another
Faiyum is in what present day country?
Cairo
What was the name of the world's first temple?
Göbekli Tepe
What is religion?
belief in and worship of gods and goddesses
What are the five traits of civilization?
cities, complex institutions, specialized workers, record keeping, and improved technology
The first civilizations were born where?
cities
Maize was domesticated from what wild plant?
teosinte
Catalhoyuk started in what year?
7400 B.C.
What year did the Yangshao culture evolve into the Longshan culture?
3200 B.C.
Specialized workers were also referred to as what?
scribes
Banpo villagers grew a fibrous plant called what?
hemp
The Sahara was tropical grassland how many years ago?
10,000