Paleolithic Age
People that travel from place to place in search of food
What/who are nomads?
The English meaning of the word Neolithic.
What is "new stone"?
The popular form of government during this time period where the leading position was passed down from parents to children. Leaders were called kings or queens
What is a monarchy?
The science of farming
What is agriculture?
A time when glaciers covered much of Earth's land and exposed land bridges between continents.
What is an Ice Age?
The continent ancient people originated and migrated from.
What is Africa?
The taming of wild animals for human purposes
What is domestication?
The main type of tools used by the lower classes during the Bronze Age
What are stone tools?
A place people worship during ancient times.
What is a shrine?
The area named for a specific moon-like shape and its rich soil.
What is the fertile crescent?
The main job that women fulfilled in Paleolithic times.
What is gathering?
The geographic feature that the first civilizations developed around.
What are rivers?
The metals mixed to make bronze
What are tin and copper?
A system that supplies water to dry land through ditches, pipes, or streams.
What is irrigation
Believed to be the first animal to be domesticated
What are wolves/dogs?
The hard stone that Paleolithic people made their tools from.
What is flint?
An extreme change affecting people's lifestyles
What is a revolution?
Formed to protect people, their homes, and their food supply through laws or action.
What is government?
Someone that specializes in a certain craft (tailors, blacksmiths, cooks, etc.)
What is an artisan?
A complex society formed through a combination of cities, government, religion, specialization, social classes, writing and art.
What is civilization?
The year the Paleolithic Age is believed to have ended
What is the year 8000 B.C.E.?
The civilization located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Means "the land between rivers" in Greek
What is Mesopotamia?
The 3 Mesoamerican cultures
What are the Olmecs, Zapotecs, and Chavin?
The ranking of people in a group
What is a hierarchy?
The practice of seasonal migration, where a base would be maintained for crops to grow.
What is seminomadic?