Day 1
What does the term “prehistory” refer to?
The time before writing.
The time after the Ice Ages.
The time before writing.
What was the Neolithic Revolution?
A new way to hunt animals.
b. The switch to farming for food.
b. The switch to farming for food.
If you wanted to start a successful city, which geographic feature would be most important to find?
water
What is the development of skills in a specific kind of work?
During the Paleolithic Era, how did people survive?
c. By developing new technologies.
b. By migrating to find food.
b. By migrating to find food.
What made humans more productive & safer after the Neolithic Revolution?
War
Technology
Tech
What are the goals that early civilizations worked toward achieving?
Encouraging trade
Building powered tools
Encouraging trade
What is a long-lasting pattern of organization?
What did Paleolithic people eat for survival?
c. Wild Plants and animals
How did increased productivity improve humans’ lives?
They started to develop new languages.
c. They began to trade different services and goods.
c. They began to trade different services and goods.
What are NATURAL features that support settlement & civilization?
Rivers
How was trade conducted in early civilizations?
During the Ice Ages, what did NOT cause Paleolithic humans' lives to change?
All of the following were results of the Neolithic Revolution EXCEPT:
. Human populations began to grow.
c. Pollution became a new problem for society
c. Pollution became a new problem for society
What are MANMADE solutions that encourage human settlement & the growth of civilization?
Cities
What was one right that women in ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt both had?
After the Ice Ages, why did large game animals die out?
All of the following are ways that humans’ lifestyles changed after the Neolithic Revolution EXCEPT:
They began to battle for territory.
They planted crops for food.
They began to battle for territory.
How were the geographies of Mesopotamia & Egypt similar?
d. They both had fertile soil for people to use.
What does it mean when a society is referred to as a "hierarchy"
There was only one ruler in each city or empire.
Society has upper, middle & lower classes
Society has upper, middle & lower classes