Key Terms
This term is the process of adapting wild plants/animals for human use.
Domestication
In this age, survival was dependent on hunting and gathering.
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic era)
The component of GRAPES this best refers to:
A description of the king's court and the government workers in the empire of Ghana.
Politics
What did humans achieve in the Agricultural Revolution (what did they start doing for the first time?)
Farming
This term is a person who does not stay long in the same place, but rather moves around.
Nomad
In this era, humans domesticated animals.
New Stone Age (Neolithic Era)
The component of GRAPES this best refers to:
Ancient Mesopotamia developed along the Fertile Crescent, a part of the Middle East, where land was fertile (good for growing crops).
Geography
In relation to animals, what humans achieved in the New Stone Age. (can answer with one word)
Domestication
The kind of "luck" that ancient Mesopotamia had that Papua New Guinea does not.
Geographic
In this era, people lived nomadic lives.
Old Stone Age (Paleolithic era)
What component of GRAPES does this best refer to?
"Arab (ethnic group of North Africa) traders of this region wanted gold as much as the Wangara (gold merchants of Ghana) wanted salt, but both had to pass through Ghana to trade… military forces…had to assure safe trade for the Arabs and the Wangara."
Economy
Based on what you know about the Great Wall of China, what is the MAIN benefit of the wall?
Protection
The writing system used in ancient Mesopotamia. A scribe could read and write this.
Cuneiform
In this era, people experienced more economic growth and innovation because they were more likely to trade goods and ideas.
New Stone Age (Neolithic Era)
What component of GRAPES does this best refer to?
King Hammurabi wrote the very first code of laws in ancient Mesopotamia.
Politics
What was Mesopotamia's main geographic challenge and how did they overcome this challenge?
(Hint: The challenge came from living between two rivers)
They built irrigation ditches to control flooding
This term was used in Mesopotamia and other ancient civilization and is defined as a rectangular shaped, tiered tower. Often used as both a city center and religious temple.
Ziggurat
Explain how the New Stone Age allowed people more time to do what? (The answer to this is the answer of how civilizations advanced into complex societies.)
It allowed people more time to specialize in other kinds of labor besides farming.
This led to trade, economic systems, governments, etc.
What component of GRAPES does this best refer to?
In ancient Mesopotamia, the priest/king was the highest authority.
Social Structure
What areas of the world do most of the early, revolutionary achievements come from?
Middle East and China