Vocab
The time before written records
Prehistory
To make life easier
Which shape could you use to describe the structure of social classes in early civilizations?
Pyramids
What did the Nile River, Tigris & Euphrates River, Indus River, and Huang River have in common?
They were the locations of early civilizations.
What made the first villages possible?
Farming
An object made or used by humans
Artifact
Why did modern humans have to adapt?
They had to adjust to new environments.
How did the last ice age affect human migration?
It created land bridges where oceans had once been.
Why did the earliest civilizations appear in areas like Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley?
They were near rivers and fertile soil.
What development allowed people to build permanent homes?
Farming
A community with cities, government, and specialized workers.
Civilization
What can you do with domesticated animals?
Use them for work.
What are geologists able to tell archeologists about fossils?
How old they are
What were the most important resources for early civilizations?
Soil, water, seeds, and workers
How might the use of fire have affected human migration?
People could live in places that would have otherwise been too cold.
Scientists who study the physical materials of Earth itself.
Geologists
Where was the first center of agriculture?
Southwest Asia
What way did hunter-gatherers get their food?
They used tools to kill animals.
What best defines a civilization?
A community with cities, government, and specialized workers.
When archeologists study an excavation site, objects found closer to the surface are. . .
not as old as those found in deeper layers.
A person who studies human life in the past by examining artifacts.
Archeologist
Which group was believed to be the first to bury its dead?
Neanderthals
Where did the earliest civilization develop?
Sumer
What are FOUR key features or characteristics of early civilizations?
1. Organized government
2. Cities
3.Established Religion
4. Job Specialization
5. Social Classes
6.Public Works
7. Arts and Architecture
8. System of Writing
Why do archeologists believe that Neanderthals were the first hominins to bury their dead?
Flowers and artifacts have been found near Neanderthal skeletons.